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> If you're ever in Montreal, maybe he could give you some lessons. I wouldn't mind meeting you either.
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> Even if you never play a note, it's a beautiful instrument to have on display.
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> I'm not sure if you need to be told this, but don't travel with the dulcy. If you take it to a room with a different temperature, you'll need to spend the next couple hours tuning it.
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> ^v^:)^v^
> F"Stay tuned."B

I never know when I might turn up in Montreal. I get around.

I think temperature and humidity changes mess up most wooden instruments. The problem is more serious with newly made instruments, but less serious as they age. Or is it the other way around?

We are keeping it on an antique sideboard in our living room where temperature and humidity conditions are fairly constant. I can already play a scale and the first part of "Joy to the World."
Howard