Suddenly lots to do

After a quiet spell when all our bookings seemed to coincide with the wet days and got cancelled we've four coming up in the next two weeks. Saturday in Banbury and Sunday at the Arcane Festival, Eynsham. Two weeks later it's Oxford castle again for a weekend at the food festival. Lots to do and so little time.

Last Sunday saw us in Witney. A pleasant afternoon till the trolley wheel went down a pot hole in the pavement and trolley, organ and me ended up in a heap. Lots of help but no witnesses! Anyway they got us back on our feet and a quick inspection suggetsed no serious problems. Back at home it was a different matter. Rosie's casing was protected by the covers (an old sleeping bag well wrapped round her, and the trolley took the battering from the fall. What has suffered is the tuning. Every single pipe way out and it sounded like a cat/bagpipe fight. Four hours so far and we sound like an organ again but it will still need another go to get a sound anywhere near what it should be - and I haven't even started on the celeste yet. I feel a compensation claim coming on and the county council are proving very hard to pin down, but the work has to be done now. It can't wait for them to send an inspector, and even if they do will he be able to tell if the organ is in tune or not. Most people can't.