On Dec 18, 2010, at 5:51 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > #1 shows the jacks in place - it's a spinet, so strings run off at a > good angle to the right. > -wire hook below damper is to cradle the tongue return spring > attached to the register > -metal damper bracket and attaching screw clearly visible > -tongue rests on eccentric cam used for pluck adjustment > #2 shows some details of the jack itself. > -leather plectrum > -lead weight I never cease to be amazed at the "ingenuity" Wittmayer put into redesigning the jack, something that historically had worked very efficiently and reliably for hundreds of years. Each one I have looked at (thankfully few) has had a different "feature" or two. I am grateful that none of my harpsichord clients has ever possessed one, knock on wood. They should all be burned <G>. (Too much trouble to retrofit with a simple jack) Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played." Schnabel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101218/7e83a17e/attachment.htm>
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