N E W 5 - O C T A V E H A R P S I C H O R D S I N
T H E N E A P O L I T A N S T Y L E
Guarracino bridge placement
The arrow in this photograph shows the distance between the line of the bridge pins and the inside of the bentside. This distance is uniform along the entire length of the bridge and is measured to be very close to 6 once = 129.7mm. In the instruments of integral construction this distance is 6 once to the 'virtual' bentside lining which is ½ oncia thick. Therefore this distance is 6½ once to the actual position of the bentside.
This instrument which is pictured above and which has been attributed by me to Onofrio Guarracino, belongs to Signora Fernanda Giulini, Villa Medici-Giulini, Briosco, Italy.
