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	Encyclopedia of Organ Stops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The difficulty of keeping them in tune led to their removal in 1763.
		Audsley reports that “some attempts have been made to furnish the modern Organ with a string Harp, sounded by plectra”.
		The only known example of the stringed form is the one cited above.
	www.organstops.org /h/Harp.html (331 words)

	Harpsichord - Background, History, Raw Materials, Design, The Manufacturing Process, Quality Control
		The harpsichord is strung and the jacks that pluck the strings are installed before the keys are mounted in the instrument and connected to the jacks to complete the instrument action.
		The instrument is voiced (tuned) with minor trimming of the tip of the plectra and adjustment of the action.
		Decoration of the case is completed by adding case moldings, completing exterior painting, and gilding the moldings.
	www.madehow.com /Volume-6/Harpsichord.html (3758 words)

	Minstrels' Guild of Drachenwald: December 2003 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The psaltery is played by plucking the strings with the fingers or plectra (often quills were used).
		There are different positions in which the instrument can be held during play: on the player's lap, on a table or in the front of the player's chest.
		It is still prominent in the music of Arabic-speaking countries, where it is played with finger plectra and is normally triple strung.
	minstrel.starstonedesign.com /archives/2003/12/index.html (14202 words)

	Ud Web / Oud Web
		Seymour Duncan Acoustic The Twin SoundSpot Classic can be used for the ud.
		Plectra Overview of several types of plectra (mizrab, risha, or simply "pick") Part of the website of Pablo González.
		Oud-Strings.com They sell several brands of ud strings.
	www.xs4all.nl /~gregors/ud (3181 words)

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