[Advice Please On 'entry-Level' 30-Button C/g Anglo]

BTW, if you are considering a Rochelle, I found best price and excellent service at Celtic Chords, Aberdeen. I paid them £330 for box, bag and tutor book and P&p. The Music Room are asking £390 for same package and they were out of stock when I was buying in September.

[Advice Please On 'entry-Level' 30-Button C/g Anglo]

I "invested" in a Rochelle about a month ago and I find it OK for a beginner but much physically harder to play than top quality boxes because the reeds respond a lot slower, especially on higher notes. If you can afford a better box and feel committed to learning the instrument, I would say look for a better box, perhaps with a budget of about £1500.

 

the box you are looking at looks OK and they do offer a guarantee.

[Accordion Reeds Or Concertina Reeds. What's The Difference?]

I have just discovered that my Rochelle actually has its reeds mounted in mini-blocks like a miniature melodeon and the reeds sit protruding into the bellows space sloping slightly inwards. they also have plastic valves. I suspect that this design of construction is common to all "budget" instruments made in China.

 

SO, (he says with a huff) the advice us beginners are given to religiously store our boxes on their side is all tosh. In fact , it would be better to store this type of box on its end so that valves are then approx vertical. I suspect it doesn't really matter with plastic valves anyway.

 

I do understand that it may be good practice to get into the "on its side" habit for when we upgrade to a "proper" box, but why be so obsessive about it with beginners?

[Wanted: Rochelle Anglo Concertina C/ G]

Must be something lost in transatlantic translation or I am very naive, but I fail to see double entendre in my username. Probably best not to explain.

[Accordion Reeds Or Concertina Reeds. What's The Difference?]

Fascinating replies. thanks all. I suspect some players have far better ears than me.

 

So "Accordion" reeds are basically what they fit in Melodeons are they? Ie Put together externally and fitted as a block.

I know from playing Melodeon that one test of a quality reed is how little air it needs before starting to sound (less the better) without a noticeable sudden breathy start.

[Wanted: Rochelle Anglo Concertina C/ G]

thanks for all replies. The Music Room are currently without stock and Rochelles are on back order. However, I have located one at Celtic Cords in Aberdeenshire and placed an order ( soon might have to pay import duty from Scotland). A fault on their website was saying none in stock, but an email enquiry revealed otherwise. Other option was to import one direct from Makers in USA at quite reasonable cost.

 

I know Rochelle is a basic box, but we all have to start somewhere. I used to play a Pokerwork Melodeon but now could not do without my Salterelle Connemara.

 

From my side, this thread is now closed as item no longer required.

[Wanted: Rochelle Anglo Concertina C/ G]

I am based in Devon, England and I wish to purchase a Rochelle Anglo C/G which must be in good as new condition. Currently no dealer in UK has any stock of this model.

[Accordion Reeds Or Concertina Reeds. What's The Difference?]

Hello all. my 1st posting on this forum being new to the Concertina as a new venture from other instruments. I read that better instruments have "real" Concertina reeds as opposed to Accordion reeds fitted in cheaper instruments. Please explain the difference? No doubt this has been discussed before but I can't find suitable thread to answer this question.