Hi all

As you may know, when quill fails it dies with a break that runs from the end of the quill back to the tongue. The natural shape is a crescent and a straight mortise will strain the quill and speed its failing. 


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> On Jan 3, 2016, at 8:43 AM, T. Diehl <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I think Tilman has a good point here about repetition within a wood
> structure like a tongue.
> 
> Just to add to the discussion from an historical footnote: For a while I
> had one of Frank Hubbard's first instruments quilled in crow, back in the
> late 1960's. It was not a kit, but one of his own design and manufacture.
> 
> Many quills broke regularly, and Frank's strong opinion was that this was
> because the holes in the tongues were punched straight. He ended up putting
> Delrin in.
> 
> Funny how this question of 'straight' vs. 'curved' holes for plectra is
> still actual almost half a century later on this list ;-0) !
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