[CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts

[David Doremus]

Fred Sturm wrote:
> A couple differences. Hubbard has the bottom square section off to one 
> side rather than centered. I think Dowds are centered, as are many 
> other jacks, but to the best of my knowledge nobody is making jacks 
> like that currently.
Dowd definitely is centered, the tongue can be inserted from either side.

>     The other difference is in the way the tongue is attached. Hubbard 
> tongues have an axle that slides into a slot in the jack body. Dowd 
> tongues (I believe - memory is sometimes inaccurate) are pinned with a 
> metal pin. The Kingston tongues have axles that are are snapped into 
> holes in the jack body, and have those "bird's-eye" like ledges to 
> hold them centered and reduce friction. 
Dowd tongues had a metal axle many years ago but since at least the 
1980s when I first started working on them they snapped in. I think 
Kingston used the same design. I didnt realize Hubbard tongues were 
different, this is by far the easiest style to work with. Metal springs 
can be added in a variety of ways, I have one customer who has kept his 
Herz double running for years with some very thin wire tied into a 
couple of small holes drilled into the jack body kind of like a boar 
bristle.


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