Greetings,
This is my first post here.
I am strictly an amateur musician. I play many diferent instruments,( guitar, banjo, french horn, harp, etc...) some better than others, and have only played the anglo concertina for about 2 years now; but one thing I have found in my life. More people are discouraged from learning to play an instrument by lousy instruments than for any other reason! Hard to play guitars, concertinas, etc.. make it frustrating to learn and progress slow. I have for years advised anyone who asks me about learning any instrument, BUY THE BEST ONE YOU CAN AFFORD ! At worst, you can sell it later as good stuff keeps it's value well.
So I say HIP, HIP, HURRAY! for any tyro who buys a top ender. The goal, it seams to me, is to populate the world with concertina players, and anything that helps is a good thing.
YMOS
Neal