Antiquarian Keyboard Instruments

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Dale Munschy
South Weymouth, Massachusetts, United States
After a 20+ years career as a professional pianist/musician, with a secondary, 30 years career tuning and restoring pianos, I have focused my interests and efforts in the building and restoration of historical stringed keyboard instruments, an extremely rewarding, sometimes challenging endeavor. To date, I have designed and built three harpsichords, specifically, a Flemish Double, a transposing Flemish Single, and a double transposing French Single. I have done countless restorations of harpsichords, virginals, clavichords, and fortepianos by builders including Dowd, Herz, Sutherland, Challis, Dolmetsch, Russell, Pleyel, and Belt. I have recently completed the restorations of a Stodart Compensator Grand Fortepiano, makers no.7388, circa 1827/28, and an 1806 Broadwood grand fortepiano, makers number 3448. I have restored instruments for Harvard University, The Curtis Institute of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Clark University, and have an extensive client list of prominent harpsichordists and fortepianists.
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Stodart


Here's a view of the Stodart with the compensator tubes and braces removed.
The string tension has been completely eased, allowing for the removal of the strings.
Each string will be removed, measured and labeled, and ultimately reinstalled in the instrument.
There are a total of 231 strings.

Posted by Dale Munschy at Tuesday, March 10, 2009

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