Zuckerman harpsichord kit

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 09:55 AM 9/4/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Barbara,
>
>Yes a pic of the jack elastic would help.  I just finished building a 
>Zuckerman virginal last year, and needed to use small threads on each bass 
>jack to limit the motion of the springs, not to strengthen them.  Never 
>seen it on a harpsichord, though.  Jack spacing on virginals is tighter I 
>think.
>
>As to the length adjustment, possible, but not as convenient as 
>screws:  just belt sander (careful) to shorten and add masking tape layers 
>to lengthen.  I built a Zuckerman harpsichord years ago and ended up 
>adding the screws.
>Dave Smith
>SW FL
>



Dave,

Where did you put the screws? There ain't a whole lot of meat to drill and 
tap...




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