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Date: | Fri, 1 Jan 2016 10:12:22 +0000 |
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My life has been dedicated over the last forty five years to making
Flemish style harpsichords and there have been many changes.The most
rewarding ones for me over perhaps the last twenty years or so have been
my work on actions and my concentration on jack design.That of course
must take in plectra but plectra are really the final stage.There are so
many designs of jacks from the different periods and styles of
instruments but the basics are all the same, what happens at the
approach to the string and what happens at escapement.In order for the
player to be in total control of the pickup and release the plectra it
has to take a certain shape, hold that until the pluck has been made.So
throughout that operation there must not be any movement of the tongue,
it must remain solid in its bedding in the jack blank.Any twitching or
flick back will not only produce noise but more importantly there will
be a loss of energy, energy needed for the player to focus the speech of
the instrument.The escapement is equality important in as much as there
is a need for silence and speed of recovery of the tongue to its bedded
state. Simply principals but not as simple for the maker to achieve.
M
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