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  2. My Edgley Heritage Anglo weighs 1.48 Kg, which seems to be pretty heavy for an Anglo. It has a seven-fold bellows, ebony ends, and metal fretwork. My first traditional concertina after moving up from a Clover. Plays beautifully. Parker
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  4. A new Waltz composed for Gary Coover to go in the book.
  5. Looking to purchase a 2nd hand c/g anglo... Kensington, Edgley, Morse etc., Jeffries layout. On a list for another, that will likely take me into 2025, but sure would like to get started. Thanks!
  6. @digver I am also on Dana's list....so excited! So excited, in fact, that my wishful thinking mind misread his estimated time as 2024, when it actually is 2025 šŸ˜„ So am now in the market for a nice 2nd hand c/g until that time. -Kerry
  7. David Cornell Duet Concertina Arrangement #5: "Nocturne No. 2" composed by me in 1985. He actually sped it up into a waltz, but I've slowed it here back to its original "nocturne" tempo. Saved in .pdf, .Musicxlm, .xlm, midi, & .mp3 formats. If you are a Finale user, you may request an original .musx. I am also including the original melody only English treble arrangement in the same formats for those who don't play Duet. Nocturne No.2 -Duet arr.mp3 Nocturne No. 2 -melody.mp3 Nocturne No.2 -Duet arr.pdf Nocturne No.2 -Duet arr.midi Nocturne No.2 -Duet arr.musicxml Nocturne No.2 -Duet arr.xml Nocturne No. 2 -melody.pdf Nocturne No. 2 -melody.musicxml
  8. David Cornell Duet Concertina Arrangement #4: "The Green Man's Lair" composed by me in 2006. Saved in .pdf, .Musicxlm, .xlm, midi, & .mp3 formats. If you are a Finale user, you may request an original .musx. I am also including the original melody only English treble arrangement in the same formats for those who don't play Duet. Green Man's Lair -Duet arr.mp3 green man's lair-melody.mp3 Green Man's Lair -Duet arr.midi Green Man's Lair -Duet arr.pdf Green Man's Lair -Duet arr.musicxml Green Man's Lair -Duet arr.xml green man's lair-melody.pdf green man's lair-melody.musicxml green man's lair-melody.xml
  9. @Morgana you didn't mention how many buttons you were looking for or how many your current Lachenal has. If you've got a 30-button Lachenal and just prefer the Jeffries accidental layout, you might be able to take your current instrument to a repair person and have its layout altered.
  10. Having played one, you Morse Baritone players have one big advantage over the more traditional vintage baritones, that is that your concertina is much smaller and the accordion reeds need a little less air to sound. But that's all Kosher! Thanks for the response!
  11. I upgraded my beginner concertina to a Custom Clover and I love it. It is almost effortless to play and Wm Walker was great to work with. I was lucky enough to get on Wally Carrollā€™s wait list before he stopped taking orders, so Iā€™m eagerly anticipating my first non-hybrid concertina. That said, the Clover will become my travelerā€” I donā€™t see any point in ever getting rid of it.
  12. I regularly play harmony/backing multi-note chords on my Morse baritone and, whilst it sometimes needs a bit of thinking about and planning, I can get a lot done before I start running out of air (and the occasional bellows reversal can be used to emphasise a beat or a word in the song. So yes more folds would always be useful, but the 6 folds of the Morse give a lot of air to play with.
  13. I had a Morse with 6 fold bellows. I only played itm on it, but my friend played melody with harmony without any problems. He didnā€™t play sustained chords though. It was fine with the standard bellows but a more supple set would have been even nicer. My answer to your question is 6 or 7 folds, but the quality is as important.
  14. OOOOOH! Try anything else but a wooden chair to begin with - its like when you ride a bicycle for a long way and have to get off to relive pressure [ I know I am cyclist myself].. Use a stool with padded top [ even a bar stool which is taller]. Stand up to play and take breaks!!šŸ˜€
  15. My George Case baritone (https://pghardy.net/concertina/case_baritone/case_baritone.html) only has 5-fold bellows, and I've never found it a problem. Mind you, my playing style tends to reverse bellows direction every couple of bars.
  16. This properly should be called Monck's March - General George Monck marched his Parliamentary army from Scotland to London in January 1660, and was then crucial to the bloodless restoration of England as a Kingdom, inviting the future Charles II from France, and escorting him from Dover to London to become King. Charles later made him Duke of Albemarle. This was despite Monck previously having been general to Oliver Cromwell, defeating the royalists in Scotland! Monck had a reputation for avoiding battles, and for turning up late for them, and it is often said that the somewhat stop/start nature of this well-known tune is in honour of this habit. Regards
  17. I've seen many pictures and videos of English-system Baritone & Baritone -treble concertinas and have noticed that the bellows folds vary greatly from 5-fold to as many as 8+. My question to those who play: Have any of you baritone players (or those with a baritone range concertina) found fewer folds to be a handicap to your playing? I seem to remember 20 years ago or so, when I had an excellent 6-fold baritone that it always had plenty of playing time in each direction. What's your experience?
  18. The thrill of the chaseā€¦a side ā€œbenefitā€ of this non-mainstream instrument. Plus, an opportunity for me to chill out, & appreciate the concertina I have :^ ) Edgley quotes around 10 months & is within a reasonable distance such that I could go try one. Still waiting to hear from Kensington. In the meantime, any thoughts about Concertina Connectionā€™s Clover? Maybe this is getting off topic & I should start a new threadā€¦
  19. You could place another cushion underneath.
  20. Thanks a lot - all good info. On that last point - I have been playing various instruments all my life and conclusion was always the same - you outgrow the very basic model fast and then it is a frustration, attempts to sell it etc. So on beginners intrument it makes sense to buy used with some ability to check it. But market for concertinas is not huge - either way - like e.g. for cheap bass guitar. So buy better quality new and then keeping it for few years until it starts slowing you down was always my way. With guitar it would different - market is big and I know exactly how to judge used guitar - so I did not buy new guitar in decades. I am still on the cusp - not sure if I want concertina or button accordion - the price is about the same but I was told accordion is a bit easier on hands - and prices for midrange accordion at McNeela and Phoenix are comparable. Main argument for concertina is compacthess - seems like a better instrument to travel with than button accordion.
  21. This clip is from a late 1980s episode of the Australian music show "Countdown". The guy with the concertina is Molly Meldrum, one of the regular hosts and a stable of Australian music journalism at that time. The whole thing is meant to be satirical dig at the cultural melting pot of Australia in the 1980s. And no, it has not aged well. We've come a long way since then, but still have a way to go.
  22. I'm also on the waiting list for a Crook Concertina... was told "around 18 months) so could be a big longer but I think it will definitely be worth the wait! A huge thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and experiences about this lovely concertinas, really helpful.
  23. Dear Hoping for a Bigger Cushion Perhaps you could tell her that you love it so much could you please have another one in a bigger, fuller size, so you have one for the seat and one for your back....
  24. Dear Abby, When I first started with the concertina just this last December my partner made this cushion for my practice chair! Well, as much as I love it, after about a half hour my boney butt finds its way down way down to the wood underneath the pillow, and after 45 to 60 minutes you should hear the groan when I get upā€¦ I'm gonna have to find a way to very kindly ask her to add some padding or make it bigger. Or maybeā€¦ do you thinkā€¦ her hearing my groans will be enough of a hint? Signed, Hoping for a Bigger Cushion AKA just posting for fun AKA but I really do groan AKA and I do love the pillow!
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