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  1. Lachenal #21153 EC, (stamped inside both reed pans), fourfold green bellows, 6 1/4" hex rosewood ends with fluted edges, non-riveted action, brass reeds. London, James street Bedford Row on inside, Barnett Samuel and Son 31 Houndsditch label on paper end baffle. No other provenance. I obtained it from a luthier friend who hadn't time for it's restoration.
  2. Louisiana has a long maritime history with a plethora of piracy. Get out and listen to some singers and join in. Think of the concertina as accompaniment. If you become a good Shanty singer, a simple wandering drone can suffice.
  3. #33266 (72b aeola) has been up on facebook for some time now. Again , no connection to the seller. Posted as a point of interest.
  4. However, a general discussion about pricing as is happening here is allowed right?
  5. Check NH craigslist . There were two 30 button anglos listed from the same seller in the last couple of days. One was a Carroll and the other a Suttner. Both nice looking and neither cheap. The Suttner ( appears to be the same one) also appears on Facebook. I know nothing else about them.
  6. If you google Jeffries anglo concertina pics. and rummage around a bit there is a pic from Ebay that looks very similar. so much so that it may be the same instrument from the other end.
  7. I'm curious. Is this a duet? The pattern looks like mine. Is there a thumb key (probably for F#) on the left side? I guess not. I can't find any Jeff duet patterns with only 3 rows.
  8. While my sentiments align with those above, I sense a need for at least a minimal level of protection of attribution. It seems a regular practice in the "industry" to use the promotional formula "such and such a tune" by "such and such a recording artist" to imply authorship. "as played by" would be fine. It seems to happen a lot with folk music of uncertain origins but I've seen it with contemporary tunes as well. What would be a minimal protection for casual compositions ? Does playing a tune on a site like this and declaring authorship help? Given the sometimes cannibalistic nature of the Music/Money biota, I can envision facing legal action for playing one's own creations........?
  9. Thanx, that's very informative, and it inspires a new thread........ I'll reference RAc's post about Christoph Pelgen instead.
  10. I like the nice voicing with spare harmonies it is a style that I aspire to...?
  11. Many fiddle players go deaf or partially so in the left ear over time, so you might want to use some soft ear plugs as a precaution when playing this way.
  12. Assuming for a moment this broader definition of "folk music", I wonder if anyone else is experiencing this sort of thing: An international royalties management entity whom I won't name has on several occasions threatened legal action and effectively forced the shut down of small venue musical gatherings such as you describe that charge an admission, however small to come sit and listen. This is in a very rural setting and an example is a vacant village grocery that wanted to start a folk club. This appears to be an attempt to extract a licencing fee under a blanket assumption that " if you have musicians in there trading songs they most certainly at some point will play some of our protected material!" I withhold judgement of this practice without further insight although it does seem part of a repressive effect of our U.S. "culture" on folk music in the above sense. Is this widespread? Is it widely acceptable? Is it "Sharp Practice"?
  13. Agreed. I do Like German beer however, And there is a generous amount of German music in what we play. Folk cultural roots tend to survive despots. We've survived our crappy beer, and intend to culturally survive our current situation as well!
  14. British pub = warm beer. No!!!!!!!!!!!! Must.....have....American, thin, ice cold, dishwater, clambake beer or perish!?
  15. You live in New York City, one of the major melting pots of the world and you don't hear folk music ? Open your ears man!
  16. For three bucks we could go to the Blues Bag in Provincetown get a big dish of ice cream, an endless cup of good coffee and listen to all the best singer song writers (and interpreters) of the day. An empty warehouse showing Warhol movies with but one chair in the middle of the floor which you could mount to shoot up was also an option. And lots of beer. I like beer but coffee goes better with folk.
  17. And listen to them when they're pre teens. There's a surprising amount of "Folk Patter" among kids. Play party tunes, skip rope songs ( Ice cream, ice cream, cherry on top! how many boy friends do you got?) . It's an oral tradition that survives because it's not yet been co-opted.
  18. It's difficult for me to respond to this because it's complex and I'm old enough to have been at Woodstock and experience that as an affront to my musical sensibilities, however my wife is an 80's gal and our 15 year old daughter is definitely Emo (sp?). I have a million things to say about "folk music" but here are two: It's alive and thriving and money kills it. So let's open up this can of "wormes" (Thank you Wolfe, I conjure new dragons every time!)......?
  19. We used to enjoy NEFFA years ago and played a bit for the contra dancing. Don't travel much musically of late but I'm glad to hear it's still roaring along! A delightful participatory event....?
  20. Click on steel guitar pack a seat. There's one for sale on western Mass. craigslist at the moment.
  21. Someone here, I'm thinking (RAc?) suggested finger exercises on paper as an aid to determining what system to pursue. Might be helpful in this case.
  22. I just noticed someone is offering a large collection of fiddle tune and dance music on Vermont craigslist under musical instruments for what seems a reasonable price.
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