The Harpsichord Project E-book
A Construction Guide for the First Time Builder
Ernest Miller Harpsichords
Genesis
The instrument that is the subject of this e-book was built from October, 2008 to May 2009. During its construction, I wrote a series of non-technical articles for North Carolina Woodworker.net describing the building process. At the same time, a four page article about my harpsichords appeared in the April/May 2009 issue of American Woodworker magazine. As a result of these two seemingly unconnected occurrences, I was inundated with e-mails, from the U.S. and abroad, asking for more information and details. It soon became obvious that I couldn't keep up with these requests on an individual basis. Writing a book detailing the construction process seemed to be the only viable solution - and so the Harpsichord Project e-book was born. A year later, after many revisions and formats, version 1.0 of the e-book was completed in its current .html format. Due to its extreme length, a printed version would be prohibitively expensive, especially considering the relatively small number of people who would be interested in the subject matter. I chose the .html format to allow for any updates and/or corrections to be easily downloaded by the reader - thus making it possible for the reader to always have the latest version.
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The Harpsichord Project e-book is not a course in woodworking. It is assumed that the reader has a reasonable competency in safe woodworking techniques and has, or has access to, the necessary machinery. |