[Kunama]

9 February 2013
Lars advertises the sale of this fine old girl (pictures to be added soon)
Berry & Mackay of Aberdeen 3" F14.4 brass refractor on 'library' stand, circa 1880.

10 February 2013
I show pictures to my wife and brainwash her into thinking it is just what I need to buy.
(This task was make much harder by the fact that I had just spent Thousands of $$$$$ on a Takahashi TSA120 Apochromat)

10 February 2013 the deal is done, just have to get in the car and drive to Sydney
( a late evening trip to our apartment in Cronulla was accompanied by the heaviest rain and lightning for some time, no surprises there!)

11 February 2013 left Cronulla to Bathurst via the beautiful Blue Mountains
(totally fogged out so no views for me) met up with Lars and collected the scope, a beautiful relic of astronomy's past all in brass.

Updates to follow as time allows but the plan is to dismantle the scope and mount completely for a thorough clean and polish.
It would appear that the whole scope was once painted black as was the custom in days of old.
I think she will be polished, waxed and then allowed to mellow with time.
A new focuser knob will need to be made by my watchmaker friend.
An objective cap will need to be spun from brass.

Who would have thought retiring would see me busier than I ever was while working.