Carol,
Could you elaborate on "*voicing according to historical data*"? Don't
recall hearing this topic discussed on this forum. Can you please supply
references?
Charlie Palmer
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> 1. maxima culpa (3)
> 2. Orientation of lid flap (2)
> 3. Paul Irvin's research and results
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> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:14:09 -0700
> From: Owen Daly Harpsichords <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: maxima culpa
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> M. Baxendale’s snotty riposte to the person who created this forum to the
> benefit of us all, suggests to me that he doesn’t know the difference
> between counting bytes and common courtesy. I do believe that this
> particular post, suggesting that he is a discourteous troll, with no
> respect for his interlocutors, should be enough to elicit equally
> discourteous push-back from community members who are not sociopathic
> trolls.
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> I DO rather think that the 10 seconds it took me to trim my reply was not
> asking too much of me.
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> owen
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> Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:24:12 -0500
> From: Jon Baxendale <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: maxima culpa
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> Perhaps M Baxendale didn't care to be told off like a naughty schoolboy?
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:35:03 +0000
> From: "Kelzenberg, David C" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: maxima culpa
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> >>>Perhaps M Baxendale didn't care to be told off like a naughty schoolboy?
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> Perhaps not, but if one didn't behave like a naughty schoolboy, no
> "telling off" would be necessary.
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> Jon, please consider this your final warning.
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> dk
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:32:18 +0200
> From: David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Orientation of lid flap
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> At 19:25 19/06/2018, Norm Purdy wrote:
> > should I orient the motto on the flap to be
> > horizontal when the flap is open with the main
> > lid, or horizontal when the flap is laid back
> > with the main lid closed? I understand that
> > both methods were used. I think either method
> > has its pros and cons. I may just flip a coin
> > to decide. What's the opinion?
>
> In my case, the motto is "horizontal when the
> flap is open with the main lid". When playing,
> the flap of mine is usually open, as that helps
> both player and audience to hear the sound. If
> option B were chosen, only those people right up
> close to the instrument would be able to read it.
>
> David
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:39:47 +0200
> From: David Pickett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Orientation of lid flap
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> At 19:25 19/06/2018, Norm Purdy wrote:
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> > This is a rather lengthy initial post. [see original -- deleted to
> > avoid criticism!]
>
> Reading the post on my laptop, I didnt find it very long at all, but
> I can imagine that on a phone it might take up more than one page.
> This and the lack of a mouse perhaps makes deleting superfluous
> material on a phone a tedious and daunting process, though I would
> not regard this as a valid excuse for not doing so.
>
> David
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> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:46:03 -0400
> From: C Breckenridge <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Paul Irvin's research and results
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> As I recently mentioned on this list some of what Paul Irvin has researched
> regarding historical building practices, I would like to let you know of
> some recordings I just made of my early keyboards which Paul has
> transformed using: lighter, historical stringing schedules; Birkett
> "P-wire" (for the iron strings); softer bridge/nut pins; and voicing
> according to historical data. The results have universally been -- for all
> 6 of my early keyboards (3 of which you can hear now on Soundcloud) --
> greater sustain, more fundamental to the tone, and a clearer, more ringing,
> free tone.
>
> The recordings are under my name at Soundcloud.com or try this link:
> https://soundcloud.com/you/tracks
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> You may need to set up a (free) account, and I suggest if your speakers are
> minimal to listen with headphones for a truer sound.
>
> Carol lei Breckenridge
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