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"J. Claudio Di Veroli" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 30 Dec 2016 02:17:58 +0100
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> Richard wrote: 
I have to disagree, I think the failure of the glue joint is the primary
problem. ... Taskin...

We agree to disagree, Richard. I am aware of the details you explain, and I
am based on my own experience in harpsichord repair.
 
> I think the bottom needs to come off the instrument so the screws holding
the liner to the bentside need to be checked ...

... Provided:
1) the bottom can come off at all: this may be difficult in some
Italian-type instruments.
2) these screws exist at all. As we all know, ancient harpsichords never had
any screws holding linter to bentside AFAIK. I concede that MOST modern kits
carry these screws, but this one could well be one of the exceptions.

> ... all of the old glue has to be completely removed.

Of course here we fully agree.

A detail I forgot in my previous email: if the instrument does not keep the
tuning, after some attempts to put it up to pitch, disaster may occur! In a
case I witnessed, as the instrument was strung, the pitch kept running down,
and the owner tuning it up again, until eventually not only the liner became
partly detached (in the treble end) from the bentside, but actually the
instrument imploded, with two huge cracks in the soundboard. A major repair
was needed to fix this disaster.

Best
CDV


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