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This project took a year and a half. It doesn't sound very good yet, I still have to do more tuning and "voicing."
The case is 1/2" plywood veneered with tiger-stripe maple, walnut, and padauk marquetry. The base and trim are walnut. White key tops are maple and the black keys are ebony ($$ ouch). The soundboard is a 1/8" quartersawn cypress called "Port Orford Cedar" (usually spruce is used but I couldn't find it).
This style, called a "Virginal," has the strings running left to right and is much smaller than a Grand Harpsichord, which would have the strings running front to back (like a Grand Piano).
Zuckerman Harpsichords sells kits like this but I wanted to build it from scratch using their plans and it was quite challenging.
Anyone interested in this project, drop me a line!
Check out my photo album at http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/members/nostrildamus-7677/albums/harpsichord/
The case is 1/2" plywood veneered with tiger-stripe maple, walnut, and padauk marquetry. The base and trim are walnut. White key tops are maple and the black keys are ebony ($$ ouch). The soundboard is a 1/8" quartersawn cypress called "Port Orford Cedar" (usually spruce is used but I couldn't find it).
This style, called a "Virginal," has the strings running left to right and is much smaller than a Grand Harpsichord, which would have the strings running front to back (like a Grand Piano).
Zuckerman Harpsichords sells kits like this but I wanted to build it from scratch using their plans and it was quite challenging.
Anyone interested in this project, drop me a line!
Check out my photo album at http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/members/nostrildamus-7677/albums/harpsichord/
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