[CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts

[David Doremus]

Fred Sturm wrote:
>
> Here's a Kingston jack.
Is that really that different from Hubbards or Dowds? If you have only 
one damper slot you simply reverse the tongue, right? Or is it molded so 
thats not possible? I have a bag of old parts and I will measure what I 
have in the morning, the concept is exactly the same, they might well 
fit. How many do you need? No reason you cant reuse the endpin and 
adjusting screw if you have to replace the whole thing. The real pain is 
the old Herz jacks with the spring molded into the jack rather than the 
tongue, or the Burton one piece tongue/plectra.

The last contact numbers I had were 704-434-0104, 
kingstoncembalo at cs.com, back at least 3 years to the last time Skip 
Sempé played here and we needed to beg and borrow a Kingston and a Dowd 
for the concert. Not a lot of harpsichord activity here, unfortunately.

--Dave

  New Orleans