[CAUT] Harpsichord Jacks

[Ken Zahringer]

Talk to Hendrik Broekmann at Hubbard Harpsichords http://www.hubharp.com/.
Very knowledgeable, very helpful, just a gem of a guy.

Ken Z.


On 5/2/08 10:14 AM, "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> I have a private customer (a church) that has a Dupree Harpsichord that has
> had only cursory maintenance and use over the years.
> 
> The current Choirmaster wants to use it on a more regular basis.
> 
> It has apparently been inexpertly voiced sometime in the past and the majority
> of the plectra have been trimmed too short. Also the existing jacks have no
> tongue adjustment screw so you can see the problems. These jacks also are the
> type that the plectra is an integral part of the tongue, so if a plectra
> breaks, the entire molded tongue/plectra/spring must be replaced.
> 
> We are exploring the idea of replacing all three ranks of jacks with a type
> that has a replaceable tongue with a replaceable plucker and a top screw
> adjustment.
> 
> I have contacted the folks at Instrument Workshop in Oregon. They only have a
> proprietary jack that they sell to builders. $3.00 a piece and we need 180.
> They do not fit our existing jack slides so those would need to be replaced as
> well.
> 
> Does anyone know who else to contact? Here or abroad?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
> Piano Technician Sr.
> Marshall University
> Huntington, WV
> 304-696-5418
> 304-617-1149
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Ken Zahringer, RPT
University of Missouri
School of Music