Harpsichords - Fortepianos - Virginals - Clavichords
by Instrument builder Craig C. Tomlinson

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Virginal Construction
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Making the front moldings with a scaper - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of interior bracing - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of scalloped end of the brace - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Building a pair of Virginals - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The keyboard 'rack' - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of the treble end of the oak wrestplank - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of the leather covered lower guide - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of the lower guide - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The fitting of the newly decorated soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Fitting the soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Sawing out the slot to receive upper guide - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The guided rose is fitted - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Gluing of the soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Gluing in the soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Gluing in the soundboard - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of Virginal rose and wreath - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Construction detail - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Specialty stringing and pinning tools - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Beginning stages of stringing - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Detail of back pinning of the bridge - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Stinging detail - Tomlinson Harpsichords
The tuning pins and the jackrail are in place - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Details of the nut in the brass area - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Stringing has been completed - Tomlinson Harpsichords
Oak stand for a Virginal - Tomlinson Harpsichords

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