Paul- A few more suggestions. The Harpsichord Clearing House supplies replacement Burton jack tongues with the molded-in plectra. If that's what your Dupree has, it's your cheapest fix. The Zuckerman retro kit is a set of registers and jacks to re-fit the old Zuckerbox instruments. They work well, in my experience, and will sometimes fit other instruments than Zuckerman. Ed Sutton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> Cc: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 11:14 AM Subject: [CAUT] Harpsichord Jacks > 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 > > >
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