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Daniel and Greg, I went to a barn dance in New Braunfels, Texas back in the late '80's. The place was filled with people of Czech descent. When I walked in, people were doing a line dance to a Czech polka and I seem to re-call a band member playing an instrument similar to the one you just spotted on ebay. How it would have made it back across the pond to England is a mystery unless the maker made more than one of them or maybe the band member died and willed it to a relative back in Europe. How was that for a bite. Steve

Well put Polly. Steve

you know....there is a lot of nonsense out there about so-and-so or such-and-such who allegedly became a stone virtuoso in a year or two and is shredding up the tunes at 130 on the metronome and stuff like that. but it is nonsense. non-irish learners and most especially those who begin in adulthood, do not understand that it takes years to be able to play nicely, and even longer to be able to play with fluency or do justice to a traditional idiom or style. there is a phase for kids in ireland once they get to an advanced level of playing---they then marinate there, at a stage of controlled, relaxed-speed (not draggy slow, but not hyper-fast) lovely playing for a period of years before going to that next level of getting really fast (for those who even want to) or improvising or varying or whatever. many adult non-irish learners shoot themselves in the foot by trying to skip that phase..... the part that you CAN speed up is to listen all the time, in the car as well as the house, and also to get as much "face time" seeing good players, as you can---workshops, sessions, youtube, comhaltas live videos, etc. if you are also practicing, the "face time" exposure and the listening WILL start to rub off...... Ceemonster, As one of those non-Irish adult learners, for the past ten years, I appreciate a good reminder, such as yours, to be patient with my learning. I have played many other instruments in my lifetime and to date, the only ones that I have even had any possibility of being proficient at are those that I have played and practiced on daily (such as the harmonica and the concertina) and for those which involve my listening to at concerts or on cd, tapes, youtube, etc and those for which I go to workshops, such as the Noel Hill Irish Concertina School here in the U.S. Thanks for helping me to keep a realistic perspective on my playing concertina in the Irish style and tradition. Now, if I can just remember where I put that recipe for a Traditional Irish Style Marinate, I'll be on my way to playing better reels and jigs. Steve

Gerry, there are times when I like hearing that E F# E combination in a triplet. For instance; in "Lannigan's Ball" with sixth beat pickup on D then E F# E triplet and then to G quarter note and an A eighth note to finish the first bar. Another is in the first bar of "Kid on the Mountain". If nothing else, these two tunes are good practice exercises to strengthen that pinky and improve your execution of that "Nightmare Triplet". Another, I might add, is Sharron Shannon's version of "Tickle Her Leg With A Barley Straw". That tune is great for strengthening and coordinating the LH middle, ring and pinky fingers. Watch out for the hand cramp if you practice that one for two long in the beginning. Steve

Gerry, there are times when I like hearing that E F# E combination in a triplet. For instance; in "Lannigan's Ball" with sixth beat pickup on D then E F# E triplet and then to G quarter note and A eight to finish the first bar. Another is in the first bar of "Kid on the Mountain". If nothing else, these two tunes are good practice exercises to strengthen that pinky and improve your execution of that "Nightmare Triplet". Another, I might add, is Sharron Shannon's version of "Tickle Her Leg With A Barley Straw". That tune is great for strengthening and coordinating the LH middle, ring and pinky fingers. Watch out for the hand cramp if you practice that one for two long in the beginning. Steve

Eileen Curran (Salior's Return), Humours of Westport, Caves of Kiltanon (also Paddy Fahey's Jig arrangement by Liz Carroll), The Tap Room (Youngest Daughter), Paddy Fahey's Jig (the one in Key of A(dor) but with B flat accidentals throughout) and Humours of Ballycastle (key of A maj for the G# on same button as B flat) - all are in the key of F except where otherwise mentioned. These tunes provide good examples of where both David's and Peter's alternate A and G fingerings, quoted below, can be used. IMO, these tunes provide good practice for the key of F. BTW, these are also very good tunes to play out. Steve Or ..... Draw A, right hand G row (second finger), draw Bb accidental row (third finger). This is for the Wheatstone/Lachenal layout, which I seem to recall is the one which Bob uses. Leaves the left hand free for nice chords. haha. i'll have to try that. do you have any idea how to get rid of those pesky leprechauns too?

Questions no longer need to be answered as the instrument has been sold. Steve

If anyone is interested in obtaining Chris Droney's playing you can get four cd's of his recordings from this sight: http://electricscotland.allcelticmusic.com/artists/Chris%20Droney.html This URL will take you directly to all four recordings. Steve

Chilton, A word of caution: This is not a private forum and some admissions are better left unstated. Steve

Just wanted to bring this back to the top of the queue. I recently sold a Rochelle on C.net and have had three more interested buyers so I thought I would find this ad for them and let them communicate with the seller if they are still interested in buying a Rochelle. Hope everyone had a great Christmas Holiday, Steve

Rochelle has been Sold. Happy Holidays to All, Steve

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Here is a pic of the C. Jeffries along with a pic of a Crabb and Sons Crane Duet that are offered at the Bonham Auction House in Knightsbridge the 15th of this month. All together, there are eight concertinas being auctioned off (lots 1 thru 8). They are a mix of English, Anglo and Duet. Sale # for this auction is 16906. You can find the C. Jeffries at this site: http://www.bonhams.c...4419196-1-1.jpg You can scroll through the lots prev and forward with the scroll buttons on the left hand side of the screen to see the other 'tinas for auction. Steve Maurice

Payment has been received for this instrument and is no longer available for sale. Thank you to all that viewed this post or corresponded their interest. I wish I had more of these to sell but alas, I do not. Best of the Holidays to All in Whatever Way you Choose to Celebrate Them. Rochelle Anglo C/G with Wheatstone layout. Purchased about a year ago for a student. Student no longer committed to instrument. Asking price of $265.00 USD - OBO. It comes with the gig bag. Shipping within the contiguous states of the USA is free. Student practiced it very little as evident from their playing at lessons. All keys are as it was when new. No blemishes either. If you desire a pic let me know and I will post one. The usual contribution to c.net will be made upon sale due to this post. PM me or post if interested. Steve Maurice

Paul, I just now discovered the Next and Prev. tabs for the picture attachments. It's a manual slide show. That is a great new feature! Steve Maurice

I was on the old site and had supper and got back on and thought " what the Hxxl?" But then I realized it was an upgrade. Thought for a brief moment that a virus had gotten my computer through my on board email software. Whew, was I relieved when I was able to navigate the site. Great Job Paul. Steve Maurice

This item sold Mon. Nov. 9th for asking price via eBay. Thanks for looking. Steve Maurice

Here is a Picture of Bill with what I believe to be a Wakker 'tina in hand. This picture is by courtesy of Bill's sister. Alan, maybe you will recognize him. He was a Doctor of Optometry so maybe he examined your eyes at some point in time.

Members, Long time c.net member (since December '03) and avid concertina enthusiast Bill Hamilton died suddenly this past August 23, 2009 while attending a professional conference in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. He did not have any posts and was unnoticed by most but stated to me that he learned much from the many forums offered here. He was a play at home amateur whose only audience was himself and occasionally his sister when they visited or he called her up so she could hear one of the new tunes that he had worked up. Bill and I met when I had posted a concertina for sale. He purchased it and we had become friends over time. We had always planned to go to a NHICS workshop together in the Cincinnati area but time and health did not allow us that special occasion. Bill owned several concertinas of varying makes and quality. His best would be a 30b wooden ended (burled/wood unknown) anglo made my Wim Wakker, a 30b marcus anglo, a 38b stagi, an unknown Italian (?) made 48b English, a 2 row 20 button by Castagnari - "Lilly" single voice - like new and another 2 row 12 button accordion by Giordi. I am gong to help his sister sell these instruments by listing them here on the buy and sell forum when I have had a chance to photograph and play them for better judgment as to pricing. It will be awhile yet before she and I will be able to get together so please, do not PM yet. When we have figured out the prices and have all the pics taken, I will then post them one at a time until all are sold. I wish you all could have known Bill. He was a good player with much humility. Steve Maurice

A good question! I hope that this doesn't turn into a "beat up on the seller" thread. I don't know Chris personally, but he's been a c.net member for four years with 150+ posts. Not the usual scammer profile. In fact, I can't remember any scams that started with a For Sale post in the Buy & Sell forum. We've uncovered many scams that started on eBay or craigslist, but it's not the same thing. I do not know Chris personally either but have had many e-mail conversations with him in the past concerning 'tinas that I was offering on this very same venue. I also believe that he has attended a few of the North West NHICS camps in Oregon. IMHO, I do not feel that this would be his normal lack of response so I would tend to believe that there is some kind of personal or family emergency or was called away on short notice say, as an emergency forest fire fighter. I am from Iowa and know of several people around my community that suddenly rush off to help fight forest fires in the Western and South Western U.S. I will give him the benefit of the doubt. I'm almost certain that when I was on a waiting list (about four years ago) for a Suttner A-2 ebony ended concertina, and suddenly came into the possession of an early made Carroll, that it was to Chris that I gave my spot in the queue, after reimbursing me for my deposit of course. As I recall, there was no lack of communications in that business arrangement. Hoping for the best for Chris' sake. Steve Iowa

Snorre, What was their response? I'm sure you must have asked how many buttons it had. I blew up the picture a bit and it appears that the buttons are metal. Is that consistent with the time period stated for its production? It is possible it has a drone button as well but can't tell for sure. Steve

Ah, Yes, I see now that those are brightly headed screws and not buttons. Thanks for clearing that up for me Jim and Tombilly. And Jim, thank you also for correcting my mathematical error in addition. Now that I have had help removing my foot from my mouth, I can go back to eating regular food again. Steve

It is strange how on c.net the seller advertises his product as a 31 button instrument and on e-bay he advertises it as a 32 button instrument. But as of my count, according to the pics posted on the e-bay auction site, it appears to be a very unique and odd 34 button layout. One such as I have never seen before. Not to mention that the pics look like they were captured from from another source. If I am wrong Sean, I apologize. I am only pointing out what I see to be some major discrepancies in the descriptions of your for sale item. Please, anyone, correct me if I am wrong. Steve

Is this wheatstone or jeffries layout? If jeffries, what are the notes on the first and second buttons, right hand accidental row? Steve

Snorre, thanks for the definition site. That was really interesting and I especially liked the "Twats" definition (and not for that reason). I had no idea that there were so many different ways of trolling but I noticed it didn't say anything about trolling for real fish which is what I like to do when floating down a lazy river on a nice warm summer day. My acupuncturist told me that the energy on and around the Earth just before and after the summer solstice gets all mixed up in the process of switching over from one season to another and that this agitated energy state affects how people react to one another. It causes people to not explain themselves or to understand others as they normally would be able to. My family had problems and it was if we were all trying to speak the same language but were hearing words that meant different things and sometimes sounded like other languages. We managed to wait it out and all is now fine. I hope that a waiting period if this thread will help everyone to get back on the same page of consideration where they normally are. Steve