Eagle--thanx for the remote idea. I thought of that back when I first put the fan in, because I don't have seperate light and fan legs, only a 2 wire up from the switch box. But the only one I saw, a Hunter brand, was a lot more than I wanted to spend. It's my own house, and I'm pretty cheap. So I'll keep searching for a suitable replacement pullchain, and eventually, when it's time to repaint this room, I'll probably cut a little in the wall and re-fish a new 14-3 up to the fan, and go with the regular combo control.