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About our Padded Covers…
We offer our covers at a reasonable price, and will pack and ship them anywhere in the world. They are made a snug fit for any instrument from THE PARIS WORKSHOP. We will gladly provide covers for other makes of instruments—including Zuckermann—for a slight supplement: Please contact us to see if we already have a pattern for your particular instrument. If we don’t, we may ask you to prepare a full-size pattern and mail it to us to ensure your cover is an exact fit. Our latest design is a shoulder bag for the Delin Spinet. We also make drop covers to place over instruments on table stands. These have a deeper skirt with flared sides to fit over the table stand, and do not have the normal bottom perimeter rope or carry straps. As each cover is custom-made, please allow us manufacturing time of at least three weeks, and sometimes more in holiday seasons because our machinist is heavily occupied with caravan annexes and tents at those times. |
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You can lift the harpsichord from this position: If you move regularly, get yourself a trolley to save your back. After all, the wheel was one of the greatest inventions of all time. Lower the tail to the floor, position your trolley under the keyboard end of the spine, then lift the front end. Slide the stand out of the way to your left with your foot, and lower the front end of the harpsichord onto the trolley. Away you go!
Without a trolley, you need to rely on help. Two’s company, three’s a crowd. Take the valuable keyboard end yourself. Always carry the instrument spine to the floor, keyboard end lowest when going up or down stairs. Put your arms through the spine carry straps if you feel this gives extra security on stairs, but hang onto the instrument, and don’t try to lift the whole weight of the harpsichord from the straps alone, for that is sure to result in disaster. With a little practice, you should be able to move most instruments with quite some aplomb! |
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