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A fine morning for a fine tune - I really like that one... Can I hear a bit of an Alistair Anderson influence here? Christian
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Now that makes sence. I like it better than 6 sided. It's one step towards my dream concertina: 4 sided, English system, double reeds, octave tuned. Am I the only one? Well, I wouldn´t mind a slightly bigger type of concertina, same sound but with one or two registers to increase the number of notes available.... Christian
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I copied the link and pasted it on the browser. That worked. The text does not include any other information about the picture. ocd Well, to save some time for the rest of the gang:
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Wakker Replacement Action
Christian Husmann replied to Charles Hunt's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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
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"Most users ever online was 613 on Today, 08:27 PM" I just read that on the bottom of the page -
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Wakker Replacement Action
Christian Husmann replied to Charles Hunt's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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
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Sweetening A Metal Ended Wheatstone
Christian Husmann replied to mpcorbett's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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
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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
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My Cat Guards My Instruments (pic)
Christian Husmann replied to bellowbelle's topic in General Concertina Discussion
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 -
Box Restoration
Christian Husmann replied to Steve Gullick's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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
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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
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And? Anybody been successful? I´d still like to know, what the instrument might look like on a closer view...
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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
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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
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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
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What an unusual way of holding the instrument...
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Well, What To Think Of That Duet?
Christian Husmann replied to Christian Husmann's topic in Buy & Sell
Incredible! I reported it... anyone wants to bet when it is going to appear the next time? Christian -
Well, What To Think Of That Duet?
Christian Husmann replied to Christian Husmann's topic in Buy & Sell
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
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Right Notes Or Bellows Movement First
Christian Husmann replied to Nicholas's topic in Teaching and Learning
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