This is the address I received today for Richard Kingston. Clarence Zeches Richard Kingston P O Box 27 Mooresboro, NC 28114 704-434-0104 www.richardkingstonharpsichords.com He is not building any more - retired - but still servicing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Doremus" <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts > 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. > > > -- > > > > > --Dave > > New Orleans > > ------------------------- > J'y suis, j'y reste. > ------------------------- > > > > >
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