Improving the Manuals
I've been practicing and playing on my work in progress for several months now. That is long enough to start revealing design flaws. Specifically, my choice to hang the magnets underneath the key-sticks with magnetic tape. Every so often, one wiggles loose and I get a cipher and/or a dead note. I thought fixing these would be simple but as it happens, they are very hard to get to, even on the Great where the bottom is exposed - there is a big iron beam right in the way. The Swell isn't so bad - I can swing it up and get in and correct them, but to get at the Great I have to remove both manuals completely. After a few of these, I I started thinking about my options. The choice to do it that way was driven by the existence of a part of the electric keying mechanism which I left in place because it was necessary to the proper touch of the keys. Each key-stick has a return spring, but also pushes a lever to make the electric contacts. That lever has its own spring. The comb