[CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts

[Clarence Zeches]

This is the address I received today for Richard Kingston.

Clarence Zeches


Richard Kingston
P O Box 27
Mooresboro, NC  28114
704-434-0104
www.richardkingstonharpsichords.com
 
He is not building any more - retired - but still servicing.  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Doremus" <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Richard Kingston harpsichord parts


> Fred Sturm wrote:
>> A couple differences. Hubbard has the bottom square section off to one 
>> side rather than centered. I think Dowds are centered, as are many 
>> other jacks, but to the best of my knowledge nobody is making jacks 
>> like that currently.
> Dowd definitely is centered, the tongue can be inserted from either side.
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>>     The other difference is in the way the tongue is attached. Hubbard 
>> tongues have an axle that slides into a slot in the jack body. Dowd 
>> tongues (I believe - memory is sometimes inaccurate) are pinned with a 
>> metal pin. The Kingston tongues have axles that are are snapped into 
>> holes in the jack body, and have those "bird's-eye" like ledges to 
>> hold them centered and reduce friction. 
> Dowd tongues had a metal axle many years ago but since at least the 
> 1980s when I first started working on them they snapped in. I think 
> Kingston used the same design. I didnt realize Hubbard tongues were 
> different, this is by far the easiest style to work with. Metal springs 
> can be added in a variety of ways, I have one customer who has kept his 
> Herz double running for years with some very thin wire tied into a 
> couple of small holes drilled into the jack body kind of like a boar 
> bristle.
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