Mersenne's Clavichord

Zoo project to create a 3D CAD model of the clavichord described by Mersenne in "Harmonie universelle" (1636) and expounded on by Peter Bavington in Reconstructing Mersenne's Clavichord.

The model uses Mersenne's laws to calculate the sounding length of each string, and supports two different temperaments: quarter-comma meantone and equal temperament using Mersenne's proposed semitone ratio. Set useEqualTemperament in temperament.kcl to switch between them.

Here's what it sounds like: https://open.spotify.com/album/7y2jMKdg6wnGTF2KrCVYo6?si=OVO8V7e3RBundObkuwff6A

How Does this Work?

See Modeling Mersenne's Clavichord for details.

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See main.stl

Name		Name	Last commit message	Last commit date
.gitignore		.gitignore
LICENSE		LICENSE
README.md		README.md
back_rail.kcl		back_rail.kcl
balance_bar.kcl		balance_bar.kcl
bridges.kcl		bridges.kcl
case.kcl		case.kcl
frontboard.kcl		frontboard.kcl
key_levers.kcl		key_levers.kcl
key_utils.kcl		key_utils.kcl
keyboard.kcl		keyboard.kcl
main.kcl		main.kcl
main.stl		main.stl
params.kcl		params.kcl
project.toml		project.toml
rack.kcl		rack.kcl
rack_utils.kcl		rack_utils.kcl
right_compartment.kcl		right_compartment.kcl
soundbox.kcl		soundbox.kcl
string_utils.kcl		string_utils.kcl
strings.kcl		strings.kcl
tangents.kcl		tangents.kcl
temperament.kcl		temperament.kcl
test_key_levers_tangents.kcl		test_key_levers_tangents.kcl
test_rack.kcl		test_rack.kcl
test_temperament.kcl		test_temperament.kcl
toolbox.kcl		toolbox.kcl
utils.kcl		utils.kcl

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