CLAVIERS BAROQUES -- Library of Stringing Schedules

• Claviers Baroques Canadian single "Althea" harpsichord
  • Althea "Vanilla" -- GG/BB to d''' (52 notes) A=440, but can be de-tuned to A=415, also short octave bass may be re-tuned chromatic.
  • Dedicated Althea at A=415 (ie, does not transpose and cannot be tuned up to 440 without breaking a lot of strings), with chromatic bass.
    
• French and French-style harpsichords, including Franco-Flemish
  • Generic French double, FF to d''', after Taskin 1769 and similar (eg, Hubbard and Zuckermann doubles)
  • Matthew Redsell French double
    
• Flemish and Flemish-style harpsichords
  • Typical Flemish single
  • Typical Flemish double
  • Burton Flemish single (from kit) -- has longer scaling in the upper midrange and low treble than a typical Flemish
    
• Italian and Italian-style harpsichords
  • Althea "Vanilla", GG/BB to d''' (52 notes) -- since our Althea is *verrry* Italian, the stringing schedule will work for most Italian-style instruments strung in brass.
  • Generic single-strung Italian, C/E to d''' (49 notes)
    
• Revival and modern harpsichords
  • Zuckermann "Z-box" and similar -- both 'classic' using the wire provided in the original kits and a revised schedule which uses the soft iron harpsichord wire now available. Soft iron comes to pitch at lower tension which gives a nicer tone and longer sustain. The reduced tension on the soundboard often results in more volume, too.
  • McGee -- similar to Z-box but with split bridge, originally designed for steel wire.
  • Sperrhake 8" & 4"
  • Sperrhake spinet
    
• Spinets
  • English bentside spinets and copies, such as Albarda, Redstone, etc.
  • Sperrhake spinet
    
• Virginals
  • Italian box virginal such as Zuckermann, The Paris Workshop and similar.
  • Italian virginal after Perticis 1684 and similar
    
• Clavichords
  • Alec Hodsdon unfretted clavichord 1962 (as restrung by Claviers Baroques in 2001)
  • Original "Bermudo" monochordium, Nelly van Ree Bernard's schedule for double strung at high pitch
  • Single-strung "Bermudo" monochordium, Claviers Baroques' modification for single strung at modern pitch.
  • Zuckermann 5-octave unfretted clavichord, 'new style'.
    
• Fortepianos
  • C. F. Sönderberg, Kjöbenhavn (Copenhagen) double-strung square fortepiano (undated, ca 1820), marked No. 14, as restrung by Claviers Baroques 2002
  • Zuckermann forte-piano David Way/Phillip Belt design after Stein ca 1790.
    

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last updated August 31, 2010

August 31, 2010