I picked up a three-manual stack from Mr Norwich Organs today. They are Norwich Organs originals, about 20 years old, and in lovely solid oak frames. They are in good condition, and need nothing more than a good clean to bring them back into use. Although the keys are plastic, they are well-made and have a pleasing action – and at £100 a pop, I think have got myself a bargain. They are currently in bits all over the conservatory, so I’ll post a photo of them when they are properly assembled. In the meantime, here is a photo of the contacts mid-clean. The glass brush scrapes off the tarnish in no time, as you can see (clean contacts on left of image, tarnished contacts on right). You can also see the nasty glass fibres that break of from the brush during use. I cleaned the keyboards over newspaper, and also gave them a good brushing over with a very powerful vacuum cleaner to remove the fibres. Having tiny pieces of glass stuck in your fingers is not anyone’s idea of fun. Or at least, if it is someone’s idea of fun then I’d rather not know about it.

In other news, the new dog is settling in well so far.  Early days, though.