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    Morse on ebay

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    .......I don't have long fingernails. I work in forestry and have hardly any fingernails at all, .......

    But fingers so horny, that they're nothing but big nails, I suppose.... :P

    Ethics. protocols & obligations in buy/sell

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    Whether you apply rules to your sale, or not, you are always going to run the risk of upsetting someone, but the idea of "no rules at all" is fair enough, but surely only from the point of view of Paul & C.net, I do believe that, as has been said above, each seller should clearly state & apply his or her own set of rules to their sale.

    My point is that "no rules at all" is not only the best solution for Paul & C.net, but also the best way to prevent the risk of upsetting anyone.

    If we agree, that the seller has the right to sell to whoever he wants, for whatever reason, for whatever price, there's is no justification for indignation for all the potential buyers the seller doesn't want to do business with. That restricts the risks to a one-to-one basis.

    Trouble starts, when the seller, in advance or afterwards, explains publicly who he wants to do business with and why. From that moment everybody is entitled to an opinion about it. That's when people get upset.

    It's my good right never to sell to anybody involved in ITM, if I hate ITM. Nothing wrong with that, as long as I don't tell anybody. After all, it's my concertina, I'm selling.

    You want to treat all prospective buyers fair. That's a good thing. And you can make your own rules to make sure you do. But don't tell me, don't give me a reason to claim afterwards you should have sold that tina to me. :rolleyes:

    Ethics. protocols & obligations in buy/sell

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    One difference between this Forum and eBay is that each seller who posts can make up his own rules, and should state them in the posting (and of course abide by them afterwards).

    For example, I can say "I'm asking $2000 for this concertina, and the first email I get promising to pay me that sum, plus shipping, gets it."

    And if nobody wants to pay the asking price, then the best offer I receive within a week. Or whatever.

     

    One universal rule applies, tho -- if someone says they'll pay X dollars, and they win the auction, they had better come thru with the cash.

    On eBay, not completing the deal is a serious offense. Here, if the buyer then tells me that a tree fell on his house or something, OK, I have leeway to let him off the hook.

    I think the best rule is "no rules at all". Because there's no way to enforce rules, and there is no judge in case of disagreement on the application of the rules. This can only lead to embarrassing public quarrels. Whatever rules you make suggest protection against the risks both buyer and seller take in doing business with unknown individuals, which c.net never can offer.

     

    So IMO, all the B&S forum can offer is a way for sellers and buyers to get in touch. Whatever happens from there is the individual risk and responsibility of the people involved. And the price you pay for your free advertisement (apart from the donation to help keep the site running) is that anyone can comment on your posting. I'd say that's the deal. Take it or leave it.

    28 November

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted

    If you click on his name (tsssetc), it will take you to his main channel page. On the left under his avatar it says his country of Australia with a flag.

    Always wondered how you knew...

    Keep up the good work. Always looking forward to your next list!!

    Jeffries for Sale

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    I have not tried to sell a Concertina here before, but I understand that a donation to C.net is in order, if the deal goes through here.

    So, as this sounds perfectly reasonable to me, perhaps someone can tell me, PM if you like, what the recognized % should be for that donation?

    See the pinned topic at the top of "Buy & Sell" by Paul Schwartz.

    Congratulations Members!

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Congratulations all you squeezers, membership is now 3500!!

    It would be interesting to know how many of this number are still active in this forum??

    Is there any way of finding out??

     

    regards

    Jake

    So, let's do some counting, I thought. Sort members by Total Posts etc.

    Guess what? That Ken is a cheat :angry: : there are only 3345 members!!

     

    But having done the counting already, here the results:

    1395 members who never posted,

    1211 members with less than 5 posts,

    That leaves only 739 members with 5 or more. 22%.

    (545 members with 10 or more, 390 with more than 20 posts)

    How heavy is your concertina?

    in Ergonomics

    Posted · Edited by Leonard

    According to my kitchen scales, mine weighs 1550g.

    Wheatstone Æola EC, Wooden ended, Extended Treble (56 keys), 6 folds: 1200g (on a kitchen scale as well)

     

     

    Sally's wooden ended Wheatstone treble weighs 1124g. My metal ended Wheatstone treble weighs 1250g. My tenor/treble Æola weighs in at a hefty 1918g!

    So Chris Algar is right that the difference in weight between a Treble and a Extended Treble isn't such a big deal.

    Am I a musician?

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    I do a lot of things in daily live: I teach, I raise my children, I make love to my wife, I clean the house, I play music. Does that make me a teacher, a father, a lover, a housecleaner, a musician?

    Only if it still defines my person, when I'm not doing that: When I stop cleaning, I'm no longer a housecleaner. But on holiday, I'm still a teacher. And I'm still a father, although my children left the house.

    But that's not enough: Although when I'm not making love sex is an essential part of my being, only my wife (I suppose) sees me as a lover. But the children at school, my colleagues my wife, my family, my neighbours, they all look at me as a teacher.

    Just like, here on C.net, I happen to be born in Holland, but M3838 *IS* the Russian. ;)

     

    So I think you're a musician if music is a essential part of your being, and if in non-musical contexts you are still defined as a music playing person.

    Medina Concertina?

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    I fear converting the straps back to the original will not cover the upper holes made to mount the hand-straps. (it appears they DID use the original "pinky rests" to mount the lower end of the straps)

    Not only the original pinky rests are used, but also the original metal parts of the thumb straps. And both in the original place, I'd say. So these straps might be a silly adaptation, it's totally reversible. :)

    two concertina's in auction

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    Dick

    You can find it on a Mac by using the keyboard viewer - click on the little flag next to teh clock at extreme right end of the menu bar.

     

    Its alt+' for æ or shift+alt+' for Æ

    And for the Window-users:

    Alt 145 for æ and Alt 146 for Æ

    Playing speed

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    The question about one instrument type vs another in terms of speed rather baffled me to be honest. Surely the question should be ............

     

    Or did I miss something?

    Nothing wrong with the question "what effects playing speed?". It doesn't necessarily imply "obsession for speed". I gave just an example of what else could raise that question before you are a player of great skill.

    Playing speed

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Why the obsession with speed? <_<

     

    As a sort of reply to your question I've seen and heard dazzling displays of speed on most instruments you'd care to mention, the entertainment value varied quite a lot!

     

    Mostly the build quality and response of the instrument in question determins its maximum speed. To reach that speed and produce an expressive performance requires a player of great skill of course. :D

     

    Keep practising. :rolleyes:

    I do agree, but from previous posts of Pickinduck I don't get the impression he(she?)'s an average speed devil: sea shanties, jambalaya....

    It's a fair question: "after a year of practising, I'm still playing things too slow. Is it just me, beginning player, or is my instrument holding me back? :unsure: "

    When I exchanged my first concertina for a better one I was really glad to find out that -for example- better responding reeds can help so much to progress.

    two concertina's in auction

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    I think SV is slide valve ) as opposed to a push button_

    Thanks.

    And for the push button I found "Key Valve":

    #31100: "Key Valve W.S." and #31125: "K.V. W.S."

    And next to #25266 ("S.V. W.S.") is #25365: ("B.V. W.S.") Button Valve, I suppose.

    two concertina's in auction

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted · Edited by Leonard

    Leonard, I thought Æolas were always wooden ended?

     

    Peter, how can you tell from the photo that this is a TT. Could it not also be just an extended Treble?

    The auction description say serial number is 30268.

    The ledgers say that's a No. 19, sept 18th 1924, N.P. 56 keys S.V. W.S. (N.P. stands for Nickel-plated, S.V. for air (S? :unsure:) valve, and W.S. for wrist straps)

    The pricelists say that No.19 is a Æola Tenor-Treble "...with fifty-six keys, four octaves, from Tenor C to C ..."

    and further down:"Æolas can be fitted with Raised Nickel-plated metal ends, if desired, at £1 10s. extra, ...."

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