Dwayne’s Harpsichord

Viewer Project - By Dwayne Glanton from North Little Rock, AR
Added on October 8, 2012

This was my first harpsichord to build, but not my first musical instrument. The harpsichord was a wonderful project that I thoroughly enjoyed building. It was sold a couple of years ago but I wanted to share it.

It is is a small, lightweight, and very portable single manual harpsichord. Custom wooden jacks and figured naturals with Corian tops on sharps. The dimensions of the harpsichord are: 64-1/2″ long, 29-1/2″ wide, and7-1/2″ high.

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Rob Horton October 8, 2012 9:26 am

Nifty. Built from a kit, plans or scratch, if I may ask?

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- Dwayne October 31, 2012 6:43 pm
  
  I built this harpsichord from plans that I purchased from a harpsichord builder, Jack Peters. The plans were difficult to interpret but with some research I managed to complete it.
  
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Tom Pritchard October 8, 2012 11:16 am

Love the inlay work inside. Also love the keys. Beautiful piece.

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The Drunken Woodworker October 8, 2012 12:58 pm

Totally amazing! Love it love it love it!

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Jeff October 8, 2012 1:19 pm

Wow ! I did a couple of percussion projects and still have somme musical instruments in my to-do list, but I would’nt risk myself in an instrument thaqt complex… congrats. Is it possible to hear it (youtube ?).

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daniel drabek October 8, 2012 1:54 pm

Very, very nice. Not many would have the nerve to tackle a difficult project like that.

DD

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Joel October 8, 2012 6:16 pm

That is Awesome.

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Bob D. October 9, 2012 5:54 am

You did a great job. Errors must be difficult to hide with this kind of project. Maybe I’m wrong but if a piece is not perfect it can affect not only the look but also the sound. I’m impressed.

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Dean October 10, 2012 10:06 am

Nicely done Wayne. I don’t know if this was a kit build or not, but I wouldn’t want to attempt it even if it was a kit.

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emmrys October 10, 2012 4:56 pm

Dwayne, I am so sorry I didn’t start coming to the local meetings one month sooner. If I had, I would have seen this beauty in person. That is all folks who did see it could talk about. So good to see it shown off to a larger audience. Just amazing like all of your instruments. Karen

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Jim October 11, 2012 8:21 am

I can’t imagine the amount of detail work it takes to complete a project like this. Well done sir!

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Brenda August 5, 2017 9:10 pm

You did an excellent job on the harpsichord! Actually all of it is beautiful.

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