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 * |||s.|||d.
 * "20 Stones of lead|||16|||9
 * &ensp;4 White horses' hides for 4 pair of bellows|||7|||8
 * Ashen hoops for the bellows|| |||4
 * 10 Pairs of hinges|||1|||10
 * The Carpenter, 8 days making the bellows|||2|||8
 * 12 Springs|| |||3
 * &ensp;1 Pound of glue|| |||1
 * &ensp;1 Pound of tin|| |||3
 * &ensp;6 Calf skins|||2|||6
 * 12 Sheep skins|||2|||4
 * &ensp;2 Pounds of quicksilver|||2|||0
 * Wire, nails, cloth, hoops and staples|||1|||0
 * Fetching the organ-builder and his board, 13 weeks|||40|||0
 * Total|||£3 17|||8"
 * }
 * &ensp;1 Pound of tin|| |||3
 * &ensp;6 Calf skins|||2|||6
 * 12 Sheep skins|||2|||4
 * &ensp;2 Pounds of quicksilver|||2|||0
 * Wire, nails, cloth, hoops and staples|||1|||0
 * Fetching the organ-builder and his board, 13 weeks|||40|||0
 * Total|||£3 17|||8"
 * }
 * Wire, nails, cloth, hoops and staples|||1|||0
 * Fetching the organ-builder and his board, 13 weeks|||40|||0
 * Total|||£3 17|||8"
 * }
 * Total|||£3 17|||8"
 * }

The small proportion of tin, and the large quantity of lead made use of for the pipes is remarkable. The quicksilver was probably used to silver the latter; or perhaps to soften the other metals. It is to be regretted that the maker's name is not given, but we may be sure that he was a Monk.