Those of you who know of Bill Bright's abilities making harpsichords will be relieved to know that the fires near Bundarra have left him and the property where his workshop produces them unscathed. The friend of mine who compiled the Bushfire Risk Management Plan for that area a decade ago was horrified to learn that the local bushfire brigades regarded Bill as "just a crazy bloke who wasn't much of a farmer" and hadn't known anything about harpsichords; my mate put some effort into changing their minds.

When they found out that people, who were highly regarded overseas, frequently flew into Sydney and caught a taxi the 650km to Bundarra, just to see the bloke who worked in the tin shed, and that his were arguably the best such instruments currently made, they decided to regard his property as worth protecting with special effort.

Cheers, Rowan