First the debit card, and now . . .

Noticed today that the crack along the seam between the board and the center strip is growing on the Egan. Why now? It looks to me as though it is coming apart pretty fast too. So I called up GHB to ask him what I should do, since I won’t be anywhere near Virginia until July. He told me to try ML, that he thought he was still in town; yes, and I managed to get hold of him, which is a small miracle. He’s leaving town tomorrow. I think it is to NC, actually. He’s going to do some quick epoxy fix of some sort. If we actually had more time he could do a more effective rescue but at this point it has been such a headache that I might want to spring for a new board. Or save the board but get it reassembled properly.

I’m sure GHB will cut me a deal for me since this never really should have been a problem, but that is what you get when you are working with someone who restores instruments no one else does, and is learning a few things as he goes.

So it is up to Novato tonight. I’m grateful ML lives so close now. It is one of the advantages of living here. In fact, it is funny to think that it was one of the ones that I thought of first. A good technician/builder is just across the bridge.