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George Debono <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Feb 2017 12:15:03 +0100
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I personally found all three  plans for  Hass Hubert and gemein clavichords
obtained from Edinburgh free of such problems.

George

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Chris Vandekerkhove <
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> Maybe this is preaching to the choir, but I should add that plans cannot be
> trusted blindly. Quite often there is a discrepancy between one measure and
> another. E.g. the length measured at the top of your clavicord may be 100
> cm
> but at the bottom you get 98,5 cm. This has something to do with the way
> copiers work I've been told. Even if the print is accurate, if the drawing
> was based on the current condition, then the instrument probably has warped
> in some places.
> I recently looked at a travelling clavichord plan. What is supposed to be a
> straight line is clearly banana shaped on the plan. Not sure if I'm going
> to
> copy that :-)
>
> Greetings,
>
> Chris.
>
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