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    Four Sided English Concertina

    in Concertina History

    Posted

    Well, to save some time for the rest of the gang:

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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

    Four Sided English Concertina

    in Concertina History

    Posted · Edited by Christian Husmann

     

    Hm,

     

    can´t see it ...

     

    Christian

     

    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

    in Instrument Construction & Repair

    Posted

    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...

     

    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

    Bayan On Ebay

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    Well, I did report my doubts and the reference to direct buying to Ebay. They did nothing. the item has apparently sold for $152.20 (=£77.43 UK pounds)

     

    - john Wild

     

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

     

    Greetings

    Sweetening A Metal Ended Wheatstone

    in Instrument Construction & Repair

    Posted

    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

     

    Hi folks

     

    I will likely be purchasing a metal ended Wheatstone this week, and a professional player gave me an interesting idea. He suggested putting "a mute of thin leather" inside to sweeten the tone. Have any of you tried this? If so, how were the results, and how did you do it?

     

    Hopefully, this instrument (a 1922 restored English concertina from the Button Box) won’t need any sweetening, but it would be neat to have this option if the sound is a bit punchy.

     

    Thanks and happy playing.

    Keeping The Prices High

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    That's certainly not Chris Algar. There is one other dealer who bids on ebay and frequently outbids Chris.

     

    Hello, just to make this clear: no, it´s not Chris Algar and I didn´t intend to make people think that I.

     

    To put things a little bit in perspective, I have a friend who is a violin maker. She asks for - and gets - about 5000 pounds a violin (the bow is extra and can cost rather a lot too). Hers are not the most expensive violins out there by a long way.

     

    Chris

     

    I play the accordion as well and unfortunately I know some extremely high prices for instruments :(

     

    Christian

    Keeping The Prices High

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    A little bird told me that a certain concertina dealer bids for concertinas on ebay that he has no intentions of buying and doesn't even want. Just to keep the prices high. This made my blood boil. Am i just being naive, or does it make anyone else cross?

    I would love a better machine but i haven't got a snowball's chance in hell when the dealers fix the price or have i? :angry: sorry i just wanted to blow off some steam :(

     

    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

    Box Restoration

    in Instrument Construction & Repair

    Posted

    Hi

     

    I'm new here and new to the world of concertinas.

    It needs a key - any ideas?

     

    Steve

     

    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

    32b Lachenal On Ebay

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    Hallo Christian.

     

    I did not place a bid at the end. I think you will usually see no wood on the bellows, but leather and chamois leather. In the concertina's I have seen the bellows frames are not ebony or rosewood. Where small peaces of leather are missing near the ends, you may see a tape of linen (on which the leather is glued), and if that is gone you may see the (cheaper type of) wood of the frame. Maybe the same type of wood as the 6 corner blocks that hold the reed pan, or just spruce.

     

    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

    Left Hand Right Hand

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    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

    New Videos Concertina

    in Concertina Videos & Music

    Posted

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    Looks like he is not the only one to play that way:

     

    I guess whatever works. :unsure: Sounds like they are both successful :blink:

     

    Thanks

    Leo :rolleyes:

     

     

    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

    32b Lachenal On Ebay

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    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

    Right Notes Or Bellows Movement First

    in Teaching and Learning

    Posted

    Hi

    sounds like a good idea to me. Anything that helps people play better and easier and have confidence in doing minor adjustments themselves can't be a bad thing

    chris

     

    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

    Duet Sizes

    in Instrument Construction & Repair

    Posted

    but not because it was too big or too heavy, it was just too loud! :lol:

     

    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

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