Fun / Research Clavichord build August 15, 2007March 16, 2020admin frame assembly pinblock installation bellyrail and hitchpin block installation liners and stiffeners liners and stiffeners toolbox toolbox: it works! hitchpin rail soundboard planing soundboard planing soundboard dryfit soundboard mouldings shaping, sanding, and burnishing the soundboard marking out for the bridge marking out for the tuning pins underside of soundboard gluing the bridge raw, uncut bridge glued in place drilling for the bridgepins unsteady at first, but practice makes perfect nice and even by the end shaping the bridge shaping the bridge gluing on the ribs notching for the rib gluing on more ribs shaping the ribs bridge pins; wonky at first because the holes were drilled crooked; to be straightened! better… beeettter…. good! moment of truth: gluing for the soundboard “clamping” for the soundboard glue-up. no going back now! drilling for the tuning pins more drilling more drilling marking for the balance pins balance pins some pure woodworking, to alleviate the tedium fallboard installation it works! music ledge installation soundboard mouldings. notice that I cut one of the inside miters too short and had to improvise a patch with a scrap of cherry didn’t make that mistake again. nice and tight on the outside corner now the action begins key blanks oiling the sharps sharps attached and everything oiled again carving the key levers oiling the case getting ready to oil…everything
