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Italian Virginal VIII build

Italian III build

Zuckermann King of Sweden Clavichord build:

[1] Mind out when sanding bottom to keep sanding block square to the sides, to keep the bottom edges square.The bottom board is of much softer wood than the case sides.
[2] The tuning pin holes cannot be drilled without a long aircraft drill which is not supplied. Some irregularily of hole angle can be tolerated, but the clearance between the pin heads is quite small so angle consistency is especially important.
[3] It is hard to judge the fore-and-aft position of the tangents on the keys. To some degree this depends on the action depth arrived at.  I made all mine a bit close to the key heads.

Here is the finished King of Sweden double fretted clavichord: