<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello harpsichord experts!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While I was working on a piano at a church, the music director asked me if I knew anything about harpsichords.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Well...after five years at IWU, I was fairly decent at servicing the ones they had."  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He lead me into his office and explained that someone had donated a 78" Zuckerman harpsichord, not totally finished (of course).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmm, there was piece of elastic spanning over the 4' jacks to help them return.  The 8' jacks are in a box somewhere.   :-)  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not claim to be an expert when it comes to harpsichords, though in the past I've been able to get them to play fairly well--that means all the notes work & sound pretty even and the touch is mostly even.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took a quick look at the keys and they are mighty tight.  And then I pulled out this jack.  Maybe screw adjustments aren't authentic, but I find them handy and there aren't any on these jacks.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have some harpsichord literature around here somewhere which I am fully capable of reading--but my question is this:  Is it possible to get these jacks to perform well?  Is there any other information or advice I need to work on this instrument?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks so much,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>