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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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