Christian Husmann

And there seems to be no way to know how or why. But if you don't get a reply to your email, I suggest trying again and/or trying another means of communication before blaming the other person or giving up. Hello Jim, no, no, I won´t blame someone and I won´t give up so easily either I was just wondering whether they´re currently away or something like that. The box is playing so I the answer is not that urgent anyway... Thanks for the examples - as much as we rely on the computer these days there are still many things that are weird. Last week at work the computers (in a network) had a severe failure and suddenly my collegues and I realized that working was getting very difficult without them. Greetings Christian

Hm, can´t see it ... Christian

"Most users ever online was 613 on Today, 08:27 PM" I just read that on the bottom of the page -

by the way... Is the Concertina Connection working at the moment or is there a sort of *time off* I haven´t noticed? Some weeks ago I wrote an email to them having not received an answer yet... Christian

Which is absolutely ok for a box of this age and the state it might be in ... Greetings

Hi you, you are looking for baffles, or better information about them. If you enter baffles in the search field you´ll get plenty of information about it because it´s been discussed a lot here. Greetings Christian

Hello, just to make this clear: no, it´s not Chris Algar and I didn´t intend to make people think that I. I play the accordion as well and unfortunately I know some extremely high prices for instruments Christian

Oh no problem, let the steam out... I do remember this very discussion not long ago. Concertina prices are high anyway and I actually can´t understand why people are still rising them up. But pls keep in mind that you can have a lot of trouble with these instruments offered at auctions. I once bought one and it was such a mess that I was lucky enough to be able to sell it to someone who actually had the skills of repairing it. As Dana said, the old ones are not always better. Greetings Christian

Hello Dirge, This is what it looks like and here you can listen to it (it´s from the concertina connection site). Actually I don´t know whether it´s a Dutch or Belgian thing - I never came across an instrument in this country... Christian

Hello Steve, some time ago I had a concertina with it´s original box and the key was missing as well. I took the lock out of the box (which went quickly) and went to an ordinary shop for shoe repairs and keys. If I remember correctly it took that man only a couple of minutes to examine the old lock and giving me the matching keys to it - that shouldn´t be any problem. Christian

And here is an instrument represented as one of those on eBay. Daniel Oh BLESS, what a lovely little note attached to it ... Christian

Hello Marien, excuse me for that darft posting - I misinterpreted the (leather covered) bellows frames. Still I think, that the ends and rest don´t really match but as long as the buyer´s not a member here, it will remain a guess. Greetings Christian

And? Anybody been successful? I´d still like to know, what the instrument might look like on a closer view...

Hm, I play the accordion as well having the opportunity to play melody as well with the left hand or to swap the whole thing (accompany right, melody left) - for me it doesn´t make any differency really. But as well with accordion players I heard that some would rate their left hand to be "better" than the right (if right handed). Greetings Christian

Looks like he is not the only one to play that way: I guess whatever works. Sounds like they are both successful Thanks Leo Hermann Strack, the Dutch EC player I bought my EC from, holds his Tina in about the same tilted angle. And plays very good!! Dirk De Bleser No, no, it´s not at all a question of quality - I just wondered about the angle of the instrument being placed on the leg. I (and that´s how I hold it myself) just met people playing it horizontally not almost vertically :-) Greetings Christian

Another opinion on the ends: Am I the only one thinking these have been two different instruments before? Whereas the ends (action box and pad board) look pretty black (ebony or ebonized) the bellows frames look pretty much like another type of wood (rosewood?), don´t they? Christian

What an unusual way of holding the instrument...

Incredible! I reported it... anyone wants to bet when it is going to appear the next time? Christian

Oh good, that went away quickly! We´ve got a good rate in having this false stuff removed Greetings Christian

Hello folks, I can surely recall this Duet as it has been for sale some weeks ago. Did anyone follow the former auction? Duet at ebay.com have a nice week-end Christian

Hello, and wouldn´t it be practical to have a type of forum section for that? Here are so many things collected and I think it would be a waste to not have them at least mentioned somewhere - general repair things not included, there is D. Elliotts book and searching the site here would give enough of results. But special things, like a "quick fix" of typical problems with a Jacki, Leo´s collection of videos... Might be worth a tought. Christian

I don´t get that - how could the instrument have been too loud? When I look at mine I notice that it must have (often) been played in a very loud way. Meaning I can play softly but the instrument seems to like louder playing. (Although I notice my attempts to being able to play it in a soft way seem to have at least some results now). May that be what you mean? Greetings Christian

Hello Gary, I can´t really answer your first question as I don´t know what the printed music looks like Second one can be answered here. Leo produced a nice collection of videos on currently nine pages. Christian

Ok, that helps! I´ve got one question left and than I will stop asking, promised. You mentioned the button layouts - is there as well a difference in pitch like on Anglos? Thanks and nice week-end Christian

Both is important of course, but my vote goes to the bellows. Bellows movement is ever so important. Knowing where the notes actually are located is something which will come with more practice. I can always hear my accordion teacher saying that at every time you have to able to control the sound of every single note in what you´re playing and that at every speed - and he was and is right. Bellows are wonderful because they allow the player to put in so much influence. I´d always prefer putting more attention to the bellows - there are many things you can do with them. Christian