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Great playing! You say you're new, but that was impressive. How long have you been at it? I'm excited to get my hands on a clover in the near future myself. You convinced me that Coover's harmonic style book is the next for me.

@Dana Johnson I found my brave and opened up my wren. I didn't really know what I was doing, but I noticed some of the thin pieces of metal (are those the reeds or valve flaps?) were stiffer than others and those happened to be the higher notes I was having trouble with. I simply gave them a little wiggle with my fingernail in hopes of loosening them up and that seemed to do the trick! The notes are playing more easily now and I can hear them more clearly, thank you for the insight.

Thanks @Dana Johnson! I might get brave and crack one open some day. If I really jam on the bellows, its audible at least.

Thanks @Theo!

Hello all, New anglo concertina player here, I just received my rochelle and wren 2 concertinas a few days ago. The reason I have 2 concertinas is a long story involving an order mixup, but I actually enjoy playing both and decided to keep them both. I have been having a blast learning to play using Concertina Connection's tutor book and Coover's Easy Anglo 1-2-3 book so far. The reason for this post is I've noticed that for both of my concertinas, the 4th button on the middle row of the right hand (a/c) sounds weaker than the other notes I have been playing so far. Sometimes, I can hardly hear it at all. This seems to be more of a problem with the wren than the rochelle, but both sound weak. Is this just a problem with my playing, or could there be something wrong with the instruments? Coover's Easy Anglo book mentions that if a note fails to sound, there could be something stuck and that it could be an easy fix. Since it is happening with both instruments, I would guess its a problem with my playing, or just how they are. Anyone else have this problem? Any advice? Thanks for reading!