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Harpsichord Construction

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2 French double manual frames - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Bentside glued and drying - Tomlinson
Harpsichords
Truing the sides and lower
braces - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Assemling a cabriole stand - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Hand joining a soundboard - Tomlinson
Harpsichords
Shaping an 8' French bridge -
Tomlinson Harpsichords
Laying out the braces
and cutoff bar - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Drilling for an 8' bridge pins - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Fitting soundboard into a French instrument prior to gluing -
Tomlinson Harpsichords
Pre-stressed upper frame on a
Blanchet - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Cutting out a keyboard -
Tomlinson Harpsichords
Installing the bone-topped
accidentals - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Backpinning an 8' bridge
- Tomlinson Harpsichords
Punching out the leather on
the lower guide - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Upside of a finished lower guide - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Pinning the 4' nut - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Pinning the 8' nut - Tomlinson Harpsichords
A Dulcken single prior to gluing in the
soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
A Dulcken showing
upper and lower braces - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Gluing on the soundboard mouldings in a Dulcken single - Tomlinson
Harpsichords
Detail of installing of an 8' hitchpin
rail - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Planing a plank of poplar -
Tomlinson Harpsichords
Two German double frames
showing the bracing pattern - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The bracing pattern on a German double - Tomlinson Harpsichords
2 German instruments
taking shape - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Preparing for the spine - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The upper braces of a German double - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Jack tongues, cutting out the Holly billets
- Tomlinson Harpsichords
Jack tongues, cutting out
the billet - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Jack tongues, drilling the tongues - Tomlinson Harpsichords
These photographs show various stages in the construction of French, Flemish and German Harpsichords.
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