G'day all,

Well Charley does exaggerate a trifle ... I did play a tune on The Bilge Pump - his 30-key Stagi, in F/C ... and I did use my left thumb to straighten up one of the more crooked keys, resulting from Stagi's interesting approach to "fixing" keys on the operating bars ... and I did mention my radical "fix" to my 36-key Bastari (now Stagi) G/C with little dabs from a tube of silicon sealing compound ... but I swear I didn't disassemble it!

Brett: If you get to log on at an Internet Café in Port Douglas - Up in those steamy tropical seas, the Queensland lifesavers (life guards, to you?) apparently wear pantyhose in the "Stinger Season" to minimise the contact/penetration of their stinging arms (and you could use the pantyhose to pack your guitar in transit ... as long as you rinsed out the salt water - and 'stingers' - and dried them thoroughly ...).

BTW: Charley - I don't recommend the "squigglies" ... the stingers will spot their flourescent charms a mile off (well, 1.6 km, at least) ... and swarm in to mate with them!

Regard(les)s,

Bob