[CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts

[Fred Sturm]

Here's a Kingston jack. Note the slots for two dampers (possibly) or  
for choosing which side the damper goes on. Also the 1 mm allen  
wrench, which fits the allen screw he uses as a top adjusting screw.  
The tongues have a single slot for the plectrum, which makes it  
miserable to extract a plectrum that is broken off flush (not the  
Hubbard style cross slot).
	The tongue has an axle that snaps into hole in the jack body. It also  
has the rough equivalent of "bird's eyes" to keep the tongue spaced in  
the middle of the slot, and to reduce friction. Axle diameter .061",  
tongue width .157", width to outside of "bird's eyes .235", total axle  
length .300".
Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu



On Sep 5, 2008, at 11:20 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>
> Don't know Kingston or his whereabouts, but could possibly have a  
> replacement part useful to you.  Got a picture?
>
> Alan Eder
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu>
> To: caut University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:11 am
> Subject: [CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts
>
> Hi All,
>   Has anyone been in contact with Richard Kingston recently? Have  
> current contact info? I need to obtain, if possible, some  
> replacement tongues. It's a snap in variety, and I haven't found  
> anything else that will work as a substitute.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
>
>
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