Thomas Power, harpsichord maker

[@timhorst6259]

Beautiful Harpsichord with full bodied sound ❤❤❤! Thank you for continuing the tradition.

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

4:09 The tone of this harpsichord is so full, rich and warm. Props to Thomas Power and props to the performer.

[@TheGloryofMusic]

The music played at the end is Sweelinck's Chromatic Fantasia, not the Variations on Mein junges Leben.

[@felix-xo8oi]

the music actually is fantasia cromatica by sweelinck, not the variations

[@heavenorhell2024]

oh really

[@jmccarty3]

@@heavenorhell2024 Yes, really.

[@haldentoyorganist3896]

Did anyone else want to scream when they were setting a sound board in with what appears to be regular woodglue?

[@kitharoidos1089]

What’s wrong with that, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@haldentoyorganist3896]

@@kitharoidos1089 hide glue or fish glue is much better... It becomes brittle like glass and flexes very little and won't absorb as much energy from the soundboard. Wood glue always remains just slightly elastic like the lignen in wood and does absorb some of the energy resulting in a slightly duller sound.
Animal glue can be very difficult to work with since it can set in just seconds... But it's well worth the trouble.

[@kitharoidos1089]

@@haldentoyorganist3896 I see. Thank you 🙏

[@blipblip88]

Uh huh..and what's more is that sometimes soundboards that were glued down with wood glue will creep toward the registers over time and bind up the jack registers. Hot hide glue is what luthiers and many harpsichord makers use. Why? Because it's what the "old guys" used. Some of these 300 year old instruments still around in museums are testament to this.

[@haldentoyorganist3896]

@@blipblip88 this too!

[@musicisitall]

Not a builder, but a maker. Like the Dutch say: we have; bouwer/builder and maker/maker ;)