This Clavichord Is A Well-Tempered Project

A hobbyist named Ian Summers built a clavichord, an early ancestor of the piano, using traditional woodworking techniques and documented the full build in a detailed PDF guide. Unlike a piano, the clavichord's keys strike strings directly with no hammer mechanism, allowing effects like vibrato. The instrument has two octaves and ten strings, each producing two or three notes since it's fully chromatic. The build isn't a historical reproduction, giving the maker freedom to explain his design choices, and a demo video shows how the instrument sounds.

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