Vancouver
April 13, 1973

Dear Father Basil:

I had thought you might be in the city this week, so have delayed answering your cards until now.  I was hoping I might have the opportunity of hearing you play on an organ with some choruses suitable for the classics, someday that will happen, I am sure.

The Tellers catalog arrived all right, but there is nothing in the way of suitable chests for our use. They have a great number of ranks of used pipes which are quite reasonable, including a 61-note Fagotto for $200; a new set of the same costs $500.

There are renters now living in the farm home, so the worry of vandalism, so prevalent nowadays, has lessened a great deal.  Just imagine what a group of teenagers could do if they climbed into one of my pipe chambers!  One time, some kids raided our old schoolhouse in the country, which had been closed, and they totally wrecked the piano.  Tore the strings out, smashed the woodwork and all sorts of devilry.

Congratulations on getting the Prince Rupert!  Keep your eyes open, there may be others lurking in basements somewhere.  We can use anything we can get - for trading purposes if for nothing else.

Christ Church has written, they want the organ all right and claim they have the room in the West Gallery for it. I am not so sure, but I suppose they have made proper measurements, since I loaned them the original plans.

Things are looking up a bit for us, in fact, the gloomy outlook I had when I was with you has changed to one much more bright, although there is much yet to be done.  All I can say is, we are working at it in the belief that when one door closes, another is opened.  One thing is certain, and that is, there is nothing I would like better, than to have the chance to do something for you, and if we keep in mind what we want, I am sure that IT WILL COME TO PASS!  The power of positive thinking, again.  A thought is a living thing, I believe, and I see the pipes in your spare room, and hear you play them for me.

I tried to phone Derbyshire, but without result.  I would like to meet the man sometime, and who knows, he might have something useful we could use.

Ich have Laukhuffs Price List erhalten, und mein Gott!  Alles ist noch so teur, es billiger wird, in Kanada zu kaufen!

Mit Herz. Grussen,

Stuart
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