Sonata? The one by Carl Philipp? Meanwhile, now that Albana is in the lab and has a nice range to study that, I'll take advantage of it while she's there ahahahahah I want to record Bach's Air on the G String over it, a short sketch of the concerto and maybe some preludes by Couperin... Anyway, they are beautiful instruments, mine is growing bit by bit... The problem is that neither he nor I have played clavichords, so there's some studying to do... See how it's designed, understand what on earth they did because there's always something that doesn't add up in the design ahahahah
Anyway, I'll say goodbye now as I'm going to the theater to hear Mario Brunello performing Bach's complete solo cello music over two evenings; this is the first one.
Mmmh, I don't generally love transcriptions... And these even less, truth be told... They lose too much when moving from the violin to the cello... Fugues are barely hinted at... I prefer the violin... On the other hand, I found the use of the piccolo violin quite interesting.
So it is better to be a bit more precise: he opened the concert with the cello suite No. 1, then performed the first violin sonata with the piccolo cello, the fourth cello suite, and Partita No. 2 with the chaconne on the piccolo cello.
He transposed the fourth suite from E-flat major to G major; his reasoning was that in E-flat it is too difficult, and in G there are more harmonics as well as having two open strings
The fact remains that on the cello going beyond two voices in counterpoint is almost impossible, whereas on the violin it sometimes goes up to 4 parts... This limits the cello transcriptions of pieces for violin.
Other news: today I finished the front (the frames are still missing) and I started preparing the spruce support strips for the soundboard; tomorrow I should manage to finish preparing at least 3 of the 4 strips and maybe glue a couple.
In the other photo, instead, there are 4 instruments: my clavichord, the new Taskin under construction, an Italian harpsichord Giusti model that the boss is building for himself with extreme calmness ahahah—it has been stalled since this summer; it is an English spinet that I intend to finish and sell myself
Thanks, it should sound good; I know a harpsichordist who gave a concert with the original instrument, in fact, he is curious to try mine once it's finished, among other things the same one who recorded my suite, there's no need for that on this matter, perhaps we could talk about the spinet when I finish it, but first I have a half-idea of making the 1775 Silbermann, another clavichord, but a big, beautiful one, it even has a tin rosette; today I was explained how they are made, but from here to making one, a lot will pass ahahahah
Regarding the concert issue, Brunello has programmed Bach's complete cello solo concertos in 3 concerts; this was the first, exactly one month from now there is the second and I suppose next season the last, since there isn't one this season.
Among other things, for the clavichord I have to fill it with walnut frames, one goes around the top in visible spruce and on the front, one frames the soundboard, another is on the bottom edge of the instrument, quite large as well, and then I believe there is also another one mirroring it on top.
Anyway, today I checked the measurements of the instrument against the drawing... For now, it is precise to the millimeter.
News: today we didn't have 5 free minutes between fixing the guides for the Taskin bridges and marking the points where the bridge of the two 8s passes on the board... As if that weren't enough, I finished cutting the support strips for the soundboard and glued 3 of them; the last one is missing. I had prepared it, but there is something that doesn't convince us: from the design, it seems raised from the bottom by about 5mm and would only rest at 5mm from the side on one part, 1cm from another, and less than 4mm at the top, but underneath it would only be glued to half a centimeter of spruce... So tomorrow I will add some spruce to ensure it touches the bottom, then I will have to make an opening so that the portion on which the soundboard rests is reduced; tomorrow I also have to prepare two spruce partitions that strike against the cap strip and reach up to the perforated support beam. I would say that first I'll glue the partitions and then close with the last board, at which point we can start preparing the soundboard.
New update, today we finished preparing and gluing all the pieces of the clavichord's soundboard case! From tomorrow, if I find the wood right away, I will start preparing the soundboard; it is small, at its maximum extension it doesn't reach 25 cm... Anyway, the soundboard must first be calibrated to the maximum thickness and then planed towards the edges until reaching the minimum thickness, once the bridge and ribs are glued, after this, the pins must be inserted into the bridge and it must be glued onto the case.
Well, the soundboard is one of the most delicate parts along with the keyboard and must be made perfectly; it must be sanded both top and bottom, anyway since it is so small, it's not too difficult, the keyboard is complex...
No, first calibration with a thickness gauge and then everything planed by hand... Even the harpsichord soundboards.
Good evening everyone! New brief update: so we decided to make the soundboard after finishing gluing all the pieces that go on the bottom and sides, in any case I found the soundboard wood and started cutting it, curiously this soundboard is so small that it can be made entirely 3mm thick, and I cut two oak slats, one that will go against the left side, for its entire length, and will serve as support for the walnut pin attachment ruler, and another smaller block that together with the proximal part of the other, will form the plug, which will then be covered by a walnut plate.
I see they have technical precision....RMA tool?...they have their unlikely [way]...they are great...even for making frames they have small planes with all blades shaped...incredible.
The little one is making progress ahahahah, wait did you see? Anyway yes for the frames he has various small planes, but he almost always uses the router bit.
Ahahahaha Nel Taskin he made them with a plane but he didn't like them, he's thinking of making them artificial ahahah no the one playing is me!!! Ahahahahahàhha in fact I could go every day even just to study on the harpsichord...
