Construction of 4 prototype Neapolitan harpsichords

 

Grant marking out the bridge pins

 

Grant marking out the pin positions on the bridge using the specially-prepared marking-out stick also used to mark out the the nut pin positions as well as the position of the c notes on the baseboard and soundboard.  The marks on this stick were spaced to give exactly two octaves of strings in 15 once (equivalent to a 3-octave spacing of 491.6mm).

Another set of bridges is being glued to a soundboard in the background.

 

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