Here you will find all types of harpsichord strings in copies of old or modern. There are three different materials with different names depending on the manufacturer. It is therefore necessary to recognize the alloys.

Modern harpsichords, often Germanic, designed in the years before and after the war, are strung with piano wire or even hard steel or stainless steel string.

The first harpsichords from the "kit" period are strung with spring quality string. Harpsichords in copies of old have English Malcolm Rose strings but not always, and sometimes in a mixture.

For ferrous metals we will have steel (Röslau piano / spring steel) or iron (Iron Malcolm Rose / white string).

For copper metals we will have a confusion of terms among the makers. It is necessary to distinguish spring brass from yellow Malcolm Rose brass (yellow brass), similarly it is necessary to distinguish spring bronze from red Malcolm Rose brass (red brass). Alloys and metallurgical treatments are very different. It is imperative to follow the stringing plan of the designer of your harpsichord.

Do not throw away your strings without having them studied and measured.