I imagine ghosting might be useful if one is using prefabricated plectra
--don't know as I've never tried them-- but found no use for it when using
natural quill.  (And there are probably very few surviving examples of pre
1900 prefabricated plastic plectra.)

Lance

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From: Harpsichords and Related Topics <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of
David Pickett
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The question is: whose idea was this? I seriously doubt that it is
"authenticke".
...
I suspect that it is part of the industrial age approach to harpsichord
building that I thought we had abandoned, and I dont believe that aiming for
such uniformity in plectra length is at all desirable or necessary.

I am sure that there are those who will disagree with me; and if so, I
should be very interested to have proof that this was ever an established
criterion before 1900.

David
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