Maintenance
‘The Harpsichord Owner’s Guide : A Manual for Buyers and Owners’ by Edward Kottick published by The University of North Carolina Press, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288, USA. ISBN 0-8078-4388-1 http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/
‘The Manual of Musical Instrument Conservation’ by Stewart Pollens
Describes museum-based conservation techniques with practical instructions on the maintenance, repair, adjustment, and tuning of virtually every type of historical musical instrument.
ISBN: 9781107077805, 456pp, pub. Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press website
‘General Admonishments for Harpsichord Care’ by Robert Hicks
http://www.hicksharpsichords.com/maintenance.html#m
Dowd Maintenance Manual.1981.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/…/Dowd%20Maintenance%20Manual…
Hubbard Harpsichords-Technical articles on the care & repair of Harpsichords http://www.hubharp.com & click on ‘Technical Articles’
Stringing, Action adjustment & Voicing- illustrated articles by David Law http://www.traditional-brassware.co.uk/
‘William de Blaise: Harpsichords Maintenance Manual’- Reprint of the original maintenance manual for these 1960’s instruments. Available from http://www.hpschd.nu/b/biblio.html
A comprehensive Technical library http://www.hpschd.nu/tech/index.html
How to make an Eye on a String https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVF2HzkUMtQ
For Tools and Accessories see ‘Building a Harpsichord’ and the list of makers on the Acquiring page.
Tuning and Temperament
Temperament: A Beginner’s Guide by Stephen Bicknell, http://www.albany.edu/piporg-l/tmprment.html
A Clear and Practical Introduction to Temperament History, 1500-1850, http://www.artoftuning.com/tuning-history/
Understanding temperaments http://leware.net/temper/temper.htm
Comprehensive Guide to Historical Temperaments, http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory27.htm#histtemps
’Unequal Temperaments: Theoty, History and Practice’-4th edition, by Claudio Di Veroli, http://temper.braybaroque.ie
‘Tuning, Temperaments and Bells’ by Nigel Turner, http://www.kirnberger.fsnet.co.uk
Pythagorean, Meantone, and Equal Temperament Musical Scales
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/PythagoreanMeantoneAndEqualTemperamentMusicalScales/
‘The equal-beating temperaments : a handbook for tuning harpsichords and fortepianos, with tuning techniques and tables of fifteen historical temperaments’ by Owen Jorgensen. pub : Sunbury Press,
Werckmeister Temperament- click on ‘Tuning and Temperaments’, http://www.polettipiano.com/Pages/pag1engpaul.html
Software for a laptop to tune any instrument – over 150 temperaments, http://www.instrument-tuner.com/temperaments.html
Keyboard Temperament Calculator,(free spreadsheet), http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/temper.html
Practical temperament instructions by ear- Various temperaments including the “Bach/Lehman 1722” http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bpl/larips/practical.html
Hear multiple historic keyboard temperaments in direct comparison on a CD called ‘Temperamental Bach’ https://www.createspace.com/1722953
Practical advice on tuning and temperaments, http://www.hpschd.nu/tech/tmp/faq.html
Two ‘Well-Temperaments’ in use between 1750-1825. http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
UK Technicians and Tuners
Alba Musick -GLASGOW http://www.albamusick.co.uk/instrument_hire.htm
Colin Booth -WELLS http://www.colinbooth.co.uk/index.html
Guill Clark -LEWES, EAST SUSSEX +44 7455 008785
Robert Deegan -LANCASTER http://www.deeganharpsichords.com/services_hire.html
Daniel Flew – BRISTOL & SOUTH WEST www.danielflewharpsichords.co.uk
Edmund Handy -LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE http://www.edmundhandy.co.uk/
William Hendry – SCOTLAND & NORTH ENGLAND – whendry@tiscali.co.uk
Robert Murray -SEAFORD, EAST SUSSEX rsmurray64@gmail.com
Simon Neal -OXFORD http://www.simonneal.org.uk
Oliver Sandig -LONDON http://londonharpsichord.co.uk
Dan Tidhar -CAMBRIDGE http://www.cambridge-baroque-labs.com/
Andrew Wooderson -LONDON/ KENT http://www.woodersonharpsichords.co.uk
See also the list of makers on the Acquiring page.