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Rob Brooke <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:09:06 -0500
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Vince, in my just sent reply, I forgot to mention the issue of the nut 
and tuning pins. I had occasion a few years ago to convert a 8' - 4' 
Italian harpsichord to 2 x 8' configuration. That was very easy of 
course. I left the 4' bridge in place and pulled the 4' bridge pins. In 
its original condition, the 4' and 8' strings shared the same nut and 
the tuning pins were in a double row, exactly as would have been the 
case had it been 2 x 8' originally. The only difference for the 4' 
strings was that they sloped somewhat leading from the higher nut to the 
lower 4' bridge.

Using this same technique in your anticipated conversion will allow you 
to use the same nut, nut pins and tuning pins as was formerly used for 
one of the two 8' choirs you will be removing.

Rob

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