The spare keyboards went to a new home today. David is coming round next week to discuss how to wire up the drawstops, and I am waiting for the ever-helpful Roman Sowa of midi-hardware.com to get back to me about the extra components I need to drive them. I think I know what is required, but it’s best to check before I commit to an order.

I also need to do, or at least arrange to be done, a bit of carpentry on the kneeboard and the toe piston mouldings. Adding an extra expression pedal for the solo division will eat up 5½” of space to the right of the extant two pedals. This will perforce eat up 2½ toe-piston spaces. There is space on the left for at least one more toe-piston, possibly even two, but the half-a-space means that I can’t simply chop off a bit of the moulding on the right-foot side. Instead, David will need to create a replacement moulding. It’s possible that he will need to create a replacement for the left-foot side as well, if his forms aren’t the same as those used by Wyvern. They should be, but who knows?

So things are happening. They just aren’t happening right this very instant.

In dog-related news, Dewi is settling in reasonably well. There is some challenging behaviour, but only to be expected of a young dog who has had a terrible start in life. I don’t think he is broken beyond repair; he just needs a bit of love, firmness, and consistency. However, he has learned the Two Great Commandments of this house, namely: First, thou shalt respect Bailey at all times, and not wait until she is asleep before thou jumpest-on her to demand playtime. And the second is likewise: thou shalt not covet Bailey’s food, nor her toys, nor anything that is hers, and most especially not when she is eating or playing with them. Bailey is by nature a sweet and amiable dog, but at 50kg of mostly muscle, she is quite capable of being intimidating when she wants to be.