> 
> > Guess again. Plenty of brass-strung instruments sound fine in the treble.
> 
> Specifically I mean the Pertici virginal which I think would be a better
> with iron scaling. Most brass strung harpsicords seem to have exellent
> trebles.
> 

I'm sorry I don't have that drawing here, but the treble of the Obici surely is shorter. I did finally string that in iron, but that so the extremely foreshortened bass would have a better chance. The treble sounded fine in brass, but the iron let me raise the pitch.

Indeed, I like the treble in the Obici enough that I have been tempted to make a virginal based on that, but with longer bass strings. I have to resist such urges. There is no place for another instrument here.

Rodney Myrvaagnes

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