[CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts

[Fred Sturm]

Richard Kingston responded to my email sent to Kingstoncembalo at carolina.rr.com 
. I tried the phone number you list and it was out of service.
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Sep 6, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Clarence Zeches wrote:

> 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
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>> J'y suis, j'y reste.
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