Try googling Zuckermann Harpsichords. They have instruments and kits for building your own. I would be surprised if they didn't also have parts. Karen On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:14 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 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080502/8e2bb322/attachment.html
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