Brassware

for Early Keyboard Instruments

(and other nice things)

Hinges, locks, hooks, bolt covers, feet etc.,
all cast in brass by the lost wax process

Tuning hammers for harpsichords, clavichords and early pianos
in bronze and rosewood

 

 

 

 

About the patterns

Fitting hinges

Tangents

How to start  copying old metalwork 

Reviving old jacks

Handbook
of 
Historical Stringing Practice

Calculations for stringing

Replacing broken strings

Something about actions and voicing

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

 
Flemish Italian  French
Early English Spanish

German

Late English Flap Hinges My brassware
Clavichords Spinets Virginals
Viennese piano English piano Tuning tools
Escutcheons Hooks Miscellaneous
Locks & bolts  Knobs & handles Bolt covers

mailto:david@traditional-brassware.co.uk

 Tel & Fax: 0044 (0) 1608 684 493 
 

D J Law, Ash House, East Street, Long Compton,
Warwickshire CV36 5JT UK
 

Catalogue: either hardcopy,
or on a CD in PDF format, on request

Last revision 26/01/2007  

   


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