Le 04/02/2016 00:48, Richard Schaumloffel écrit :
> Firstly I would avoid plastic in a harpsichord like the plague, except of course for plectra.

Well, I avoid plastic like the plague including for plectra. For jacks, 
I wouldn't think of using plastic either. My question was merely out of 
curiosity. I'm refurbishing a couple of instruments where the wooden 
guides and registers are rather "imprecise". And I've seen many 
instruments where this is the case. So I was simply wondering if more 
reliable guides couldn't be made in plastic, and what the drawbacks 
would be - other than aesthetical and ethical, i.e. purely mechanical. I 
hasten to add NIMBY. I wouldn't want even invisible plastic in my own 
instrument(s). (I've assembled many Zuckermann instruments years ago, 
and I know all I want to know about their jacks.)

Dennis

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