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didier

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  • Birthday 03/22/1952

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    Flute playing (irish, indian, classical, jazz), digital photography, sailing, windsurfing
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    Paris, France

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  1. Have a look here https://youtu.be/0XD_VLSbmnc?t=13m7s and here https://youtu.be/0XD_VLSbmnc?t=31m52s Can you identify the concertina that is played ?
  2. Stephen, (Let's come back to the original subject of this discussion !) Will you please let me know when the Triskell will be avalaible ?
  3. In 1979 as I was a young engineer at the french patent office, I had the opportunity to access "easily" to some old patents and particulaly to the Wheatstone's 1829 patent n° 5803. So I made a copy of the text and plans, but the conditions were not very good (particularly the plans were very fragile). Here are 2 images of them, with some work to make them "readable". Is it interesting that I digitalize the entire document for further publication on this forum ?
  4. Stephen, I knew about Laurent Jarry and for instant, it is perhaps the first thing to do : get his advice and know how much repairing my Keith / Prowse will cost.
  5. Thank you, Stephen for the infos/advices. What am I to do now ? The prices for new instruments I have seen on the web are too high (even if it's justified) for me.
  6. Hi, I am new in this forum and I'm french, living near Paris. I don't know if I am in the right forum, but there's a lot of questions concerning this concertina, the 1st being : when was it made ? who were Keith & Prowse etc... For my concern, the history with this instrument began 25 years ago in Paris, "rue du pas de la mule", near "la place des Vosges", by an antiquary (?), mr Bissonet, in musical instruments. At that time, I listened a lot of irish music (I still do !), particularly the Chieftains and their flute/concertina player Michael Tubridy. I appreciate the sound of the instrument and especially the little "noises" that accompanied the music made by the bellows and the buttons. So, when I saw one, I bought it and hoped I could repair by myself... It is still in the same state 25 years later... First of all, the bellows are to be entirely rebuilt. Next, the mechanisms are to be restored... I don't know if the instrument is worth the work needed to make it playable. Has anybody an opinion on the subject ? Below are some photos. Thanks for your answers, Didier
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