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    Use Of Pseudonyms For Ids

    in Forum Questions, Suggestions, Help

    Posted

    I wanted to use 'newgrange' as my name on the forum and I thought I had filled that in, but instead my email address shows.

    It's not major, but if there was an admin could change that, I'd be grateful.

     

    Complete beginner here btw, waiting on my Rochelle to arrive.

     

    My recollection was that _you_ can change it, if you remember your login password (use My Controls near top of screen). If it doesn't work let me know.

     

    Ken

    Users can change about everything but *not* their username....

    concertina busker in Frost

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    this one

    Christmas Special 2002

    "Mistaken Identity (2)" (90 min)

    gs: Susan Penhaligon [ Pam Hartley ], Michelle Joseph [ Det Const Ronni Lonnegan ], Michael Cochrane [ HMI Babcock ], Barrie Ingham [ Arnold Harris ], Jason Merrells [ Michael Patterson ], Julian Wadham [ Harry Monkton ], Annette Ekblom [ Fiona Monkton ], Barry Jackson [ Walter ], Jonjo O'Neill [ Jeffrey Meadows ], James Flynn [ Paul Matthews ], Kate Maberly [ Melanie Monkton ], Ben McCosker [ Stevie Nesbit ], Michael Bertenshaw [ Tony Chalmers ], Muriel Barker [ Evelyn Post ], Liam Noble [ Lionel Grange ], Joanna Bacon [ Tessa Meadows ], Elliott Young [ Billy Simpson ], Joanne Allen [ Susan Talbot ], Reece Andrews [ Officer ], Steve Weston [ Engineer ], Phyllis McMahon [ Irene Malloy ]

     

    rc: Dr McKenzie, Det Sgt George Toolan, PC Ernie Trigg, Sgt Don Brady

     

    Background enquiries turn up two previous deaths, which appear related to the case. But their initial suspect, armed bank-robber Charlie Lehman, turns out to have died in prison over a year earlier. As they work to profile the killer they are hunting, Frost starts to get close to Hartley personally as well as professionally, though neither realises just how closely she is linked to the case until it is almost too late. Frost has a race against time to find where she is being held.

     

    Right now anyone got a copy to look at ? :o

     

    Check the last scene as Frost drives away.

    I think the busker was called Walter.

    Why do people bother?

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Looking at the lhs panel I only joined in October - but I joined eighteen months or more ago when I began using the tune-o-tron etc and saved a tune book. I suspect that having two lot of membership sign-up will confuse some of us simpler folk, who may not return. I really couldn't understand why I couldn't post when I was already logged in, or so I thought.

    The date on the lhs is when you registered for the forum. That's not the same as for the rest of c.net.

    See this note of our administrator Paul Schwartz.

    How to Play the Concertina in Tune

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    For me this is inspiring teaching , Jody.

    It brings me more than just: 3rds are no good on the concertina. The comparison with piano and flute makes me understand so much better what's going on. And your suggestions about how to cope with it brings together the techniques with the musical feeling. "Playing like a singer" explained a lot for me.

     

    Thanks,

    Leonard

    Why do people bother?

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Now that's great & of course there are a lot of active members too, but something that surprised me a little was the fact that around 1,422 members had gone to all the bother of joining, but had NEVER, EVER posted anything, not even a Hello!

    Why do people bother?

    People don't need that much reason.

     

    "What, a forum about barbed wire? Let's take a look...

    Oh, it's about music.

    Let's see what more information they give, when you register?....

    Boring... they don´t do HipHop!

    Look, tallship... I like sailing. Let´s google "tallship"....

    Info in Ledger on Wheatstone

    in Concertina History

    Posted

    A friend was asking for info on his Wheatstone Concertina.

     

    It is #35652 & I tracked it down to This Ledger

     

    However, I don't know what all the scribbles mean, can anyone here shed any light on them?

     

    e.g.

    What does bn 1222 mean in the 1st column?

    What does the 9E mean in the 2nd column?

    What are the scribbles after 56 TT in the main column?

    Does the date 25.5.51 mean when the instrument was completed or when it was sold?

     

    Cheers

    Dick

    bn: batchnumber

    9E: model No. After WW II models are renumbered. See pricelist c1950

    scribbles: octo stands for octogonial; Eb. stands for Ebony.

     

    I don't know about the dates. It's a production book, so I'd say it's when production is done. In SD01 and SD02 the dates in the first column keep more or less in line with the moment the instrument gets its serial number.

    But in SD03, where the dates are in the last column, instruments, whose production started together, can be apart up to 3 1/2 years. That's a long time to finish a already numbered instrument. Would make sense to consider, that it's the date when it was sold from stock, wouldn't it? :unsure:

    Concertina Nederland

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Nondeju, nòg meer aan m'n PC ipv aan m'n EC ... :blink:

     

    Huift toch najt? Kist via concertina.net onnoer meer dialektn uut dien doem zoeng, daai anglios begriepn 't toch najt, of zol-dat aal zo weez'n? Moar der zit ja n knop an dien kompjoeter woar as toe em ale klapscheet oet zet'n kent. B)

    Elk zunne weg um noar de knoppe te goan......

    Can you tell me the size crossver in mm.?

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    I'm selling a Concertina over on eBay today & I've just been asked this question:

     

    "Can you tell me the size crossver in mm."

     

    Can anyone here tell me what I should measure, because, excuse my ignorance, but this means absolutely nothing to me! :(

     

    Cheers

    Dick

     

    I agree with Rod.

    "Crossver" Looks very technical, but I'd say its a typo for cross-over. And even then ...

    oh my devil...

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    His photo shows six-fold bellows, which is interesting.

     

    Ian

     

    Yep, well spotted. Wheatstone price lists don't mention custom options and the ledgers never seem to note such things either; hence I have a tenor/treble Æola with eight fold bellows rather than the standard six with no documentation to indicate if that's the way it left the workshop in 1927 or not. <_<

    Strange. Lots of other custom options in the ledgers: air valves, wrist straps, bird whistle, special wood, different size, single action.

    But I think I never saw a custom size bellows.

    Did I just miss it?

    Didn't they bother to write it down in the production books?

     

    Or was number of folds not such a big deal in those days? And are all bellows, which are different from the standard, replacements of later dates?

    oh my devil...

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted · Edited by Leonard

    Interesting 60 button english wheatstone on ebay:

     

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Concertina-Wheatston...%3A1|240%3A1318

     

    Marien

    Serial #: 28417,

    date: May 15, 1920

    Model: No 25. Sixty keys from G to A. (Very) Extended Treble ...

     

    "best nickel-plated raised ends, spherical end silver keys and finger plates to match, best steel vibrators, morocco leather five-fold bellows, keys and tops bushed, new improved action, short touch and rapid articulation. Powerful tone." [Pricelist c.1920]

     

    [edited to say that I didn't see Pete's reply, though he was 18 minutes faster.....]

    Such fine fretwork

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    This instrument looks like the ends are sooooooo fragile, although lovely. The Lachenals that I have seen have more "meat on their bones" when looking at the ends. Is this a normal model?

    The contrast with the white gauze accentuates the elaborate fretwork nicely.

     

    The Excelsior (ebony) I had was like that. But without the white gauze it didn't look that fragile:

     

     

    post-1580-1229113185_thumb.jpg post-1580-1229113669_thumb.jpg

     

    My impression is, that for the Inimitable (rosewood), Excelsior (ebony), and Nonpareil (Amboyna) it's more common to have no frets around the buttons. Like Tallships Inimitable or this Nonpareil:

     

    post-1580-1229119054_thumb.jpg

    Tune-o-tron Upgraded

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    Is there a problem with the Convert-A-Matic at the moment? For the last two days I've been unable to get it to play back a midi, it produces a .pdf with no problem but everything freezes up when I click midi playback. Incidentally, none of the other on line converters will run midi for me either. :wacko:

    No problems here. If none of the on line converters work, it's probably a problem with the plugin in Firefox. Can you play the midi files outside your browser? (Right mouse button on the [Midi music file] link, then "save link as....", save to desktop and start from there)

    In need of Sheet Music

    in Tunes /Songs

    Posted

    Hi, a friend just received a concertina as a gift and is looking for sheet music for "Amazing Grace". I would like to get it for him for the holiday's, is there anyone that help me find either a book or just the sheet music for it. I had no idea how hard it would be to find it.

     

    Thanks everyone!

    You can find it at www.thesession.org (See third tab: "sheetmusic")

    And here is another one.

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