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Hi folks, The Button Box will be open from noon to 5pm this Saturday, August 15th. It's Sales tax Holiday weekend, which means we won't charge MA sales tax on purchases at or under $2,500. (Items over $2,500 are still taxed at the regular 6.25%.) If you are out of state and call us, it's a moot point, since we don't charge MA sales tax on out-of-state purchases, but we will be open! In honor of this, we're lowering the price of our Céilí model to $2,499 for Saturday only, if you pay in full, so that it can be exempt from MA sales tax. This price applies to any Céilí orders placed on Saturday, regardless of whether you are in Massachusetts. Feel free to call or e-mail with any questions. -Margaret

(I know this is parenthetical and not specifically relevant to this discussion, but it seems worth noting that Saltarelle and Castagnari both make accordions with different reed grades. A Saltarelle Iroise has a mano/handmade reeds; a Castagnari Nik has super durall reeds.) Taking my pedant hat off now. More generally speaking, the CC website only specifies that the Rose has "Italian accordion reeds" on the Rose's spec page: http://www.concertinaconnection.com/rose.htm The Clover and Peacock both specify "Italian hand made accordion reeds." I'd suggest asking Wim for clarification if you're particularly concerned about reed grade. As ceemonster states, we use super durall reeds in our R. Morse & Co. line, unless you specifically order tipo a mano/hand-finished/TAM reeds. (At present, we've got 2 used treble Albions on the shelf, and a new tenor Geordie, all with super durall reeds. The Geordie and the other used Albion will be on our website in the next day or two.) -m

While our ready-to-buy stock is low at the moment, we at the Button Box have recently acquired several nice vintage English concertinas - give us a call if you'd like to talk about what's going to be coming through the pipeline sometime soon.

Now available from the Button Box! http://www.buttonbox.com/whats-new.html#books

This is currently for sale at the Button Box; it will be listed on the website shortly.

Here you are; enjoy the videos: http://www.buttonbox.com/morse-beaumont.html -Margaret