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Yeah, it wasn't completely sorted when I made the video.

They were still an obsolete design with the tongues glued in place on a triangular base. Even the "modern" delrin jacks weren't great when they first came out. Only when the ladder rung was added behind the tongue did the Zuckermann jacks come into their own.

I'm in St. Paul, Minnesota

The sad truth is that I got COVID during that guild convention. I was already sniffling during this concert. :(

You bet. :)

I'm glad you liked it. Salisbury Pavane is one of my favorite pieces.

I have chickens, so I probably could switch to feather quill plectra, but I'm exclusively using delrin plectra from Zuckermann for its consistency and ready availability.

@@hilupianoservice you need to use a different type of feathers.

I'm still on the fence about restringing the whole instrument for that reason.

@@hilupianoservice the only option is to restring, imo. I bet, if it’s scaled for period appropriate wire, it would sound much better in such. If not, restring at a lower pitch, and make it transpose up back to 415. Standard procedure for kit-sichords.

Mason's my first choice too. Better than Steinway; cheaper than Steinway. :)

You can't get them anywhere. Zuckermann stopped making them and instead sells action rebuild kits with new registers and their modern, Delrin jacks and tongues.

Yes, I designed my own new jacks in CAD and 3D printed them myself. I replicated the geometry of the original jacks so they'll fit in the original registers, but modified the design to fit Zuckermann tongues. In the name of historic preservation, I'm trying to minimize replacement. Zuckermann doesn't make the old style tongues or jacks anymore, and their solution is to sell a complete set of new registers and their modern jacks to bring older Z boxes back to life.

Me too. I'm using this channel, albeit slowly, to make harpsichords cool again. :)

I can't say that I've played a piano with a Hickman action, so I don't have a good basis of comparison. From what I've read in the Guild Journal, which cited some historic reviews, the playing experience was nearly indistinguishable from a well-regulated Erard action.

@@hilupianoservice Thanks. And sorry the type mistakes (cell phone tiny keyboard). I wonder if this action would be much easier to mass manufacture than modern Erard action. Erard is so complex and have so much components that require very high precision machines to perfect cut the wood and add the metal pins and screw with perfection. Maybe Hickman action allow much easier manufacture. There is a restorer on USA working in a complete Hickman piano action. When ready it will be interesting to ask classic pianist to opine.

@@elietedarce1266 Yes, the Hickman action was developed precisely to reduce manufacturing costs by simplifying the moving parts, reducing the number of felt and leather components that cause Erard actions to fall out of regulation, and significantly reduce the amount of technician time required at the factory. Maybe a bit of publicity might persuade a piano builder or two to convert to Hickman actions, though I bet a few techs would hate it due to the reduced amount of regulation work they require.

@@hilupianoservice Hello, I am the person who is restoring a piano and its original Hickman action. I haven’t posted much recently, but much progress has been made. At this point the piano has a new sound board, pin block, strings, dampers, etc. Prior to sending the wood components to the refinisher the action will be put in the piano for testing. It has been completely rebuilt. At this point final measurements are being taken in the piano so as to be able to mount the new hammers, and subsequently regulate the action. I’m expecting this work to be completed in September (hopefully!). I am curious to know if you are the owner of the model that is in this video, or, is it located in some museum somewhere? Thanks for your time! Brad

The upper manual wasn't functioning when I made this video. It is now. I just posted 4 new shorts that showcase all the different sounds the instrument can make, and it's for sale.

That would certainly make them look more elegant. :)

A technician tuned it just minutes before the concert. :) Every person in the audience is a piano technician.

Harpsichord's didn't have pedals. This was a step in the evolution toward the piano we know today.

The original Cristofori pianos did not have any pedals, that's correct. This replica has an Una Corda lever which the player demonstrated when I wasn't filming. Since the whole instrument is strung with two wires per note, and the lever shifts the action sideways so that the hammers hit only one string, it's literally an Una Corda. It requires the player to stop playing to engage it though, just like most harpsichord registrations. Even the first sustain effects were lever actuated. Pedals came in the 19th century to facilitate "on the fly" effects as we know them today.

that’s what you were searching for?

Is that a really desperate attempt at a colostomy bag pun?

whats wrong with you

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Some of the piano music on the soundtrack is the finished instrument being played. In fact, the next installment is delayed because I wasn't satisfied with the music I played, so I need to record some more of me playing the piano. The bonus is that I've since corrected a few problems that were still extant in the audio on this video.

If bro plays rush E, it’s over