Subject: Meantone Keyboard?

>Hi, Folks,
>
>There used to be a harpsichord with spit (split) keys for meantone
>tuning at www.virtulink.com/immp/bin/nytimesjpg but the link
>doesn't work any more. Did anyone savea picture of this
>harpsichord?
>
>Also, could someone email me, in PLAIN ASCII, no attachment, the
>latest meantone FAQ? I seem to have deleted it, and now I need to
>explain meantone to one of my students ...
>
>Thanks.
>
>Lydia Ayers

Hi Lydia. I have that dead link on my microtonal instrument
page, but there are two more 31 tone harpsichords there
also. I don't know if they are the same type you are looking
for, but look at:
http://www.infosys.it/pamparato/ima/ma/ma81/tastiere.html
and
ftp://ella.mills.edu/ccm/tuning/images/fluegel31.gif

--
John Starrett
"We have nothing to fear but the scary stuff."
http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html