Dear all, Sorry that I've been mostly lurking the list these days--my new job in Ireland has been keeping me quite busy! I'm writing to ask for a small bit of help: Just yesterday when I was taking out my organistrum that I use with ensemble Sequentia, to my horror I discovered that the lid had come clean off--by cracking cleanly across the weak areas of the key slots on the back of the keybox. Since the keybox is open in the direction of the wheel, and the glue line on the tuning pins end failed, there is nothing keeping the back of the keybox from coming off, so I now have a lid and a chunk of keybox held together by hinges, and the rest of the organistrum itself, keys in just the front slots of the keybox. Mirculously, whatever prompted the break of the keybox didn't cause any damage to the rest of the instrument, so it plays the strings fine.
I am enroute to Vancouver from Ireland (writing this as I travel to the airport) and arrive tonight, Wednesday. This weekend I have a concert with Sequentia, and teach a two-week workshop (need the HG for the concert, not essential for the course, but would be nice). I'm confident I can repair it before then, and so I brought a first-aid kit of tools and some small 'harigane' clamps with me. However, I couldn't get any wood for the repair, and so I am wondering if there are any luthier friends in the area, on the list or folks some of you may know, that might be able to help me source some wood I'll need for the repair (not yet sure if I will just make cleats for the back inside of the keybox wall, or make a thin but strong reinforcing wall to glue to the inside of the keybox once the pieces have been mated. Any thoughts on this would also be appreciated, as I haven't done this kind of repair before. So, if any of you are, or know, luthiers (any kind!--or even good woodworkers) who might be able to help me with this some time Thursday, that would be great. THanks so much! Vlad -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
