Talk to Hendrik Broekmann at Hubbard Harpsichords http://www.hubharp.com/. Very knowledgeable, very helpful, just a gem of a guy. Ken Z. On 5/2/08 10:14 AM, "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> wrote: > Hello All, > > I have a private customer (a church) that has a Dupree Harpsichord that has > had only cursory maintenance and use over the years. > > The current Choirmaster wants to use it on a more regular basis. > > It has apparently been inexpertly voiced sometime in the past and the majority > of the plectra have been trimmed too short. Also the existing jacks have no > tongue adjustment screw so you can see the problems. These jacks also are the > type that the plectra is an integral part of the tongue, so if a plectra > breaks, the entire molded tongue/plectra/spring must be replaced. > > We are exploring the idea of replacing all three ranks of jacks with a type > that has a replaceable tongue with a replaceable plucker and a top screw > adjustment. > > I have contacted the folks at Instrument Workshop in Oregon. They only have a > proprietary jack that they sell to builders. $3.00 a piece and we need 180. > They do not fit our existing jack slides so those would need to be replaced as > well. > > Does anyone know who else to contact? Here or abroad? > > Thanks > > Paul E. Dempsey, RPT > Piano Technician Sr. > Marshall University > Huntington, WV > 304-696-5418 > 304-617-1149 > > > -- Ken Zahringer, RPT University of Missouri School of Music
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