Ah ... G'day Charley,

Sorry if we are focusing on the wrong 'windjammers' ... but I was just on the 'phone to arrange repairs to my brother Eric's c. 1890 Clifford Essex Special XX Banjo ... and thinking of dragging my banjo down from the top of the bookcase on the top of the other bookcase ... so I'm not being one-eyed about concers!

On another tack, you mentioned, way back, the lack of tunes in Hamish Maclaren's published operas. If tunes existed, it strikes me that British copyright law of the day may have required that copies of any published music be lodged with copyright authorities ... and some designated deposit libraries. Perhaps you need to run the enquiry past Malcolm Douglas, whose editorial / curatorial roles with the EFDSS should have him in close touch with that sort of information ... and the appropriate contacts for the statutory collections.

Regards,

Bob (Bang, toot, rattle, plunk ... and squeeze!)