Fred Sturm wrote: > > Here's a Kingston jack. Is that really that different from Hubbards or Dowds? If you have only one damper slot you simply reverse the tongue, right? Or is it molded so thats not possible? I have a bag of old parts and I will measure what I have in the morning, the concept is exactly the same, they might well fit. How many do you need? No reason you cant reuse the endpin and adjusting screw if you have to replace the whole thing. The real pain is the old Herz jacks with the spring molded into the jack rather than the tongue, or the Burton one piece tongue/plectra. The last contact numbers I had were 704-434-0104, kingstoncembalo at cs.com, back at least 3 years to the last time Skip Sempé played here and we needed to beg and borrow a Kingston and a Dowd for the concert. Not a lot of harpsichord activity here, unfortunately. --Dave New Orleans
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