Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Pleyel Harpsichord


This instrument arrived in my workshop with a multitude of problems. Specifically, the tuning screw assemblies, as a result of having been previously lubricated with an unknown substance, were corroded and frozen in place. This necessitated their careful removal, cleaning and re-installation. As is typical with many Landowska model Pleyels, the nuts carrying the 16' strings became separated from the 8' nuts, and had to be reattached. After correcting these and other issues, the instrument was newly voiced in leather, and it plays and sounds splendidly.

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