<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/27/05 10:57:47 A.M. Central Standard Time, alan.crane@wichita.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>Hi Wim,<BR><BR>Something you might find very helpful is Margaret Hood's excel= lent <BR>"Harpsichord Repair Guide", which she published in 2003.<BR>It is well= written, nicely laid out, and is short and succinct enough to be <BR>immediately useful to the beginning and/or ocassional harpsichord <BR>technician______________________ completely readable in less than an evening.<BR>The bulk of the text deals with repairs (and related construct= ion <BR>particulars) but also included are short sections on regulation, voici= ng, <BR>and maintenance.<BR>Margaret is actually on this list but she might be= busy shoveling snow <BR>these days.<BR>She can also be reached at:<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Thanks, Alan.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Actually, I just got done regulating the darn thing, and I think I actually got the hang of it. I'll have to wait until our organ = prof (also the h'chord teacher), is free long enough to give it a try. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>