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David Lay

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  1. Frank, What I find is that if 50% of the cost of your concertina is Canadian including labor, Canadian materials, and components you have manufactured .....but not imported components (ex. reeds), then the concertina meets USMCA rules. (It would be best if someone else also checked, of course.) This would mean no tax/tariff. https://hts.usitc.gov/. (Gen. Note 11) https___usmcaform.net_.pdf
  2. With respect to free trade between our countries (US and CA), government websites are not great. NAFTA was apparently superceded by USMCA and the rules are written for big importers which I find difficult to weed through. I do not understand why when I have bought instruments from Germany and Ireland, they were simply delivered, but twice now from just inside the Canadian border, UPS has demanded import tax payments.
  3. Beware UPS and their guessing about import fees. Get your paperwork in order before shipping to qualify as a free-trade item with no fees. Last I looked, with at least 50% of its value being Canadian labor/ materials, it qualifies but the package must have the forms completed when it goes through customs. If you decide not to go for free trade status, give UPS the code rather than let them guess. Perhaps the second of those marked here.
  4. I switched from one layout to the other. I had to re-learn some tunes, of course, mostly those I played in D/Bm. One option might be to ask Frank to send you a reed pair to trade the first finger pair to play C# on push and pull. This will delete the push D#.
  5. I thought this page was informative regarding PLA. https://all3dp.com/2/what-is-pla-plastic-material-properties/
  6. I tried to research the archival qualities of PVA on-line without much success. Are there age effects that might show up long-term with this plastic such as plasticizer loss? Is it UV stabilized?
  7. Perhaps, with P. McNeela identifying the album as one of the best to own of concertina recordings, it will sell. (I would think that traveling to performances, sleeping in hotels or a bus, etc. is much more of an expenditure of effort to connect with fans than the simple act of offering an existing album on Bandcamp.)
  8. Tried that some time ago. I will try again. Anyone who knows him, please ask him to offer it for sale on Bandcamp or elsewhere.
  9. I would like to find a copy of Tim Collins's album: "Dancing on Silver", download or CD. Any help would be appreciated.
  10. It reminds me of my (small) experience working on cars. (I knew I was not really interested in pursuing that kind of work.) The work is sometimes simple, sometimes not, but with frequent barriers to overall success. These include missing special skills, missing special tools (!), but primarily missing experience to know what is likely causing a problem. Patience and perseverance are highly valuable. (I have this one, very small reed that sounds every time I try it in-hand or in the reed pan, but not after I close up the concertina.....??🤔)
  11. It has been a few years since I got mine. Jurgen was on-schedule with what he showed on his website, which at the time was 1 year.
  12. https://reverb.com/item/38141128-new-mahogany-stagi-w-40-ms-anglo-concertina-cg-m-40?bk=
  13. You could get a concertina with more buttons. You couldn't go wrong with a Suttner. His page says only an 18 month wait period. (I don't know if the fingering chart is what he currently offers.) http://suttnerconcertinas.com/projects-item/a4-jeffries-type-anglo-concertina/
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