Hi all,

I am building a 1784 Christian Gottlob Hubert Clavichord from Richard N.
Loucks 1956/1977/1981 plans that I bought from St Cecilia Friends.

The body/carcass of the clavichord is just about done and I am almost ready
to affix the bridge (which I cut from a single plank of sycamore) onto the
soundboard.

Should I transfer the location of the bridge pins directly from the diagram
before I screw/glue the bridge to the sound board?  Or should I affix the
bridge to the sound-board, glue the sound board in place and then drill the
bridge pin holes aligning them with the hitch pins so I guarantee that the
strings are all perfectly parallel?

My instrument is pretty close to the original plan dimensions but you know
what is 1-2 mm between friends!

This is my first clavichord build so I don't really know what I am doing
and I will probably have a few more silly questions in the next month or so.

regards,
Phil

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