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Flemish Two Manual Harpsichord Plan
This plan is a two manual version of the one manual harpsichord of plan #6511. It was the basis of a kit produced by B&G Instrument Workshop in the 1970s. It is a full sized plan for a two manual harpsichord in the Franco/Flemish tradition. While the general lay-out, scaling and plucking points are in the Franco/Flemish tradition, the keyboard, jack guides and bracing shown on the plan and elevation are not.
This plan is for a two manual harpsichord plan in the Franco/Flemish style with a scale for c of 13 3/4 and 14 for the two 8. It has a range of AA to f. The scale allows the instrument to be strung in iron wire at modern pitch. The instrument has a 4 and one 8 on the lower manual and one 8 on the upper manual, with a buff stop on either or both 8. It has a width of 35 and is 80 long and 10 3/4 high, with 1/2 case walls; key spacing is 6 15/32 per octave.
The plan consists of a main scale drawing and a scale elevation. All necessary construction details are explained in 14 details on the same sheet, many of them drawn to full scale.