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Subject: Instrument repair
From: Peter Fogg (ffive@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 16:51:42 EST
Robert Eno wrote:
> ... The only person I know of who know/knew
> how to fix these things was a fellow in Australia who may or may not be with
> us anymore. He was over 80 years of age ten years ago. I have not heard from
> him in a while.
If that was Max of Edwin Bowers & Sons Pty Ltd he did pass away a few months
ago. Apart from being a very nice bloke he will be sorely missed as the only
person known who could repair nautical instruments: sextants, cronometers and
compasses. The last time I saw him he had a huge ship's compass on his bench he
was tinkering with. It seems he was the second generation of a family business,
but his own son died before him so that dynasty, and business, is extinct.
And here I was thinking that the United States may be the closest place to now
find someone with those skills? If anyone knows of another Australian please
let me know.
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