Johannes

Hi Laitch, You were right. The T stands for Trouble. I could not wait till the Hohner arrive from South Africa in Canada so I went to our local music store and bought a Silvetta 129140 Concertina (40 Reed). The sound is really great and I'm already able to play about 4 songs. My next dream would be to get a band together and start playing for dances.

Hi Ken, I'm from South Africa and I played in a dance band with mainly music that is called "boere music". I think it could be like folks music. I listened to a classical peace the other night on TV and it sounded like there were using a concertina and it sounded amazing. Totally made the music alive. Both my grand parents played in a band with concertina as their main instrument and I tried it a bit before, but that was never my main instrument when I played in a band. I now live in Canada and would like to put a band together, but not sure yet what would be the music we play. For sure it would be mainly music to dance to, but I would also like to play some classical music at other times. Thanks again for the helpful information. JP

Thanks Malcolm, I read up a bit on diatonic and chromatic and the way that I understand it is that: Chromatic include every semitone. C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-A#-B-C... Diatonic include only notes that are included in a major or minor scale or key. C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C... Would it be better to learn on a chromatic? Thanks again for the interesting information. JP

I just bought the Hohner International D40/80/6LT concertina and would like to find out more about it. Does anyone know where it would scale between entry level and pro? What would be a good price for it or any other information about it? I'm just starting to learn how to play it. Thanks for all the help I looked at some other models and it look to me like the D could stand for the D-key and the 40 could be the number of total buttons and the 80 could be the number of total keys and the 6 is the number of fold and the L could stand for Leather but have no clue what the T stands for

I just bought the Hohner International D40/80/6LT concertina and would like to find out more about it. Does anyone know where it would scale between entry level and pro? What would be a good price for it or any other information about it? I'm just starting to learn how to play it. Thanks for all the help I looked at some other models and it look to me like the D could stand for the D-key and the 40 could be the number of total buttons and the 80 could be the number of total keys and the 6 is the number of fold and the L could stand for Leather but have no clue what the T stands for

I just bought the Hohner International D40/80/6LT concertina and would like to find out more about it. Does anyone know where it would scale between entry level and pro? What would be a good price for it or any other information about it? I'm just starting to learn how to play it. Thanks for all the help I looked at some other models and it look to me like the D could stand for the D-key and the 40 could be the number of total buttons and the 80 could be the number of total keys and the 6 is the number of folds and the L could stand for Leather but have no clue what the T stands for