[Md-sligo] I'm back! plus question about brailler repair services?

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi all,
As some of you may recall, I moved to the DC area last summer and came
to a Sligo Creek chapter meeting. I enjoyed the chapter and meeting
all of you, but decided to join the Potomac chapter since it was a bit
closer to my apartment. However, my husband and I just moved from the
District to downtown Silver Spring. So, I am planning to join the
Sligo Creek chapter again and start coming regularly to meetings
beginning in July. I also think I'm on the same flight to national
convention as the group of you who are traveling together, so it will
be nice to get to know you guys a bit better.
I'm also writing with a question about repair options for a Perkins
brailler. I bought a refurbished one from the Braille Superstore about
three years ago, and when we moved from Seattle to D.C. last year, we
had it shipped by FedEx. However, something must have happened to it
during shipping, because now the paper feed doesn't open all the way,
and the carriage is getting stuck. I'm not sure what the problem is.
My husband is normally pretty handy, but he couldn't figure out how to
fix it either. Do any of you do repairs for Perkins braillers or know
of a place I could send it? I don't use it that often, but even
refurbished it was expensive, so I don't want to just throw it out
without trying to fix it.
Thanks, Arielle