The art of making a harpsichord / Darryl Martin

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Terminology and conventions -- Historical overview -- Workshop overview -- Choosing a model -- Workshop and tools -- Order of construction -- Cutting timber to size -- Italian-style construction -- Making the jacks -- Making boxguide registers -- Making upper and lower registers -- The baseboard -- Making the sandboard -- Marking out the instrument -- Making the nut and bridge -- The rose -- The soundbars -- The interior parts -- Action alignment -- The case sides -- Integral construction -- Gluing in the soundboard -- Mouldings -- The keyboard -- Keywell and action fittings -- Jackrail and jackrail blocks -- Metalwork -- Making the outer case -- Regulation and voicing -- Tuning -- Decoration -- Appendix 1. String length to pitch relationship -- Appendix 2. Discussion of design elements of EUCHMI 4302 -- Appendix 3. List of suppliers