[Alistair Anderson's Concertina On "english International"?]

Thanks for all the responses. It will take me a little while to absorb all the info that has been imparted.

 

Just in case I do decide to go to a "meantone temperament", where can one get it done? The instrument would probably be a Morse Geordie tenor/treble. Would it be best to send it back to the Button Box (which would be fine if they do it), or are there other options?

 

Oren

[Alistair Anderson's Concertina On "english International"?]

Thanks, Wolf.

[Alistair Anderson's Concertina On "english International"?]

Greetings all--a newbie here in the land of concertinas. My question is about the sound of Alistair's concertina on "English International". It has an interesting tone that sounds rather like a harmonica, and I wonder if anyone can tell me about that instrument and/or the type of reeds, etc.

 

Another question: I notice that the tuning on most of the EC's that I've tried (Morse, Stagi, Jackie--accordion reed EC's) seems to make playing harmonies in thirds rather harsh. I suppose this has to do with "equal tempered" tuning or something like that? Or is it just the nature of single reeds playing in close harmony? Accordions don't seem to have quite the same harshness when playing on a single-reed stop--maybe because of the larger instrument body? Or something?

 

If it has to do with tuning, is it possible or desirable to have an English concertina fine-tuned for playing in "folk keys", like C, G, and D?

 

Any insights or speculations are welcome.