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Ha Ha .. Aye Chris, but only as long as it takes me to find out where YOU live! But seriously, thanks Chris. By the way, this is what my Jeffries sounds & looks like. Cheers Dick P.S. Jeffries on eBay

If you are into Irish Music, I thought you might like to check out the 4 YouTubes I just posted, of my Jeffries in action: Cheers Dick P.S. Yes, this is the Jeffries that is on eBay right now!

I'm a bit curious, myself. The construction is high quality, essentially a New Model, though the ends are flat, not domed. 40 is also an unusual number of buttons, so this strikes me as a special-order instrument. In addition, the size -- I could be wrong -- looks a bit bigger than necessary for the number of buttons. So I'm wondering whether it might have a lower-than-standard range... i.e., going down to middle C or lower in the right hand and/or lower than C-below-middle-C in the left hand. Dick, if you really live that close to it, could you do us the favor of checking it out and reporting to us? Jim, but when I said "just up the road" I was being a bit sarcastic. It's actually a two hour drive, both ways, from here & unfortunately I'm not liable to be passing that way for some time. Sorry Jim. Dick

Oh believe me, I'm not, for one minute, in the least bit interested in buying this instrument. It lives just up the road in Straban so, as the owner doesn't seem to know, I was just curious to know what kind of a beast it was. Curiosity, that's all. To be honest, I'm still trying to get my head round the multitude of variations there are to these 6 & 8 sided wee boxes. It seems like there there's just no limit to the variety, whether it's different woods, tunings etc etc! Cheers Dick

Quick! Can anybody tell us how many times that particular Laurel & Hardy sequence has been posted previously in the C.net Forums? Hey Jim, I see you've been around here long enough to post 6267 TIMES! Hmmmm I wonder, does that mean you've been a member here since Stan & Laurel actually made that Movie? So I guess by now, you've discussed everything about Concertinas that's possible to discuss, at least three times over by now! By the way, did you get a Gold Watch after 6,000 posts? Cheers Dick

For the record, Dick, I was facetiously complaining of its "fakiness" (I didn't mention the dancing fish.. ) I really do "get" L&H--their brand of dry, deadpaned, absurdity is among my favorites (even if Stan was faking.. ) Don't worry Catty, I caught the sarcasm in your reply OK. This is just a fun thread, so I'm sure everybody is taking what's said here ... with a bucket of salt! Cheers Dick

Thanks Azalin & Sam, you were right, of course. I went back in just now & finally found the right button to click. So it's on Worldwide now. Many thanks. It could just make the difference between a sale & no sale. Cheers Dick

46 now ... who'd have thunk it? Thanks to great Glasgow Dulcimer & Concertina player Jack Bethel, we can now add a few more names to the list. Always room for another name though, so if you know of another player up there, please let me know. Cheers Dick **************************************************************** English Concertina players in Scotland {46}: Hamish Bayne, Jack Bethel, Bob Blair, Stewart Brown, Pamela Carr, Norman Chalmers, Joan Clifford, Selby Cochrane, Simon Cooper, David Corner, Oscar St Cyr, John Eaglesham, Stuart Eydeman, Archie Fisher, John Gahagan, Jean Graham, George Haig, Simon Harbord, Gordon Hotchkiss, Astryd Jamieson, Nigel Jelks, Brian Johnstone, Joseph Kent, John Leavy, Iain MacDonald, Maggie Macrae, Tom Martin, John McCourtney, Tom McDermott, Marta McGlynn, Geordie McIntyre, Brian McNeill, Drew Moyes, Mike Penny, Dave Richardson, Derek Richardson, Helen Ross, Wendy Stewart, Steve Sutcliffe, Bob Thomas, Simon Thoumire, Erland Voy, Ann Ward, Tom Ward, Frances Wilkins, Alan Wright. Not to be forgotten {6}: Mike Berry, Archie Frame, Peter Hall, Iain MacKintosh, Mike Petrie, Roy Williamson. ******************************

:lol: Ha Ha I can't believe how seriously some folks look at an old clip like this! I suppose for every million people who saw that movie, there would always have been one who was sitting thinking, hey that guy is not really playing that Concertina, or shoot me that's the sound of an English not an Anglo Concertina! Just like there'd always be one saying, hey there's a saddle under that old indian blanket on that horse in the old black & white Cowboy movie, or like all the fuss there was back home in Scotland when Braveheart first came out, cause any episode of Star Treck was probably more historically correct than Smell Gibbon's movie! But you know what ... WHO CARES! I, like most folks I suspect, go to the movies to be entertained, simple as that. Braveheart was a brilliant movie, but that's all it was, just a wee bit of entertainment to help us take our minds off our mortgage & all those bills, just for a couple of hours. If I want education I go to a library or night classes or the history channel & if I want musical enlightenment I go to a concert, I certainly don't go to a Laurel & Hardy movie. The guys were very funny slapstick comedians, of their time. I don't expect all the more sophisticated folks of the great C21st to buy into that humour, but I, as someone who grew up in the early days of the first B & W TVs, can look back on those movies with a certain fondness. Call me old fashioned if you like. But if you do, then my reply would be to mimic the lines of one Clark Gable, in Gone with the Wind, when he said: ... "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." Saints preserve us from the nitpickers & begredgers! Cheers Dick P.S. Of course the plots were improbable, after all, they're usually so much funnier than any probable plot!

Hey Leo, thanks for posting that 2nd clip. You can clearly see that he isn't actually playing it in that clip, but who cares, he's doing a pretty good job of miming it. We were asked to play some music recently, for an advert the Irish Tourist Board were filming in & around Bushmills. Anyway, they had a big cheap Concertina as a prop, which they gave to a young actor, but it actually took him THREE tries before he finally managed to hold it the right way up & the right way round. He should have taken some tips from Stan's on screen playing technique! Incidentally, the advert won't be shown here, but all you guys 'n gals across the water should watch out for it & please let me know if you see it. ... & no, I'm not the EEJIT trying to play the Concertina, I'm on the Fiddle! Cheers Dick P.S. Catty, I trust you were just being sarcastic?

THANKS for all the help guys. You'll be pleased to hear that, after reading all your tips, I just took the plunge. If you get a chance, please check it out & see if I have missed anything, or said something I shouldn't have. There's bound to be a mistake or two: Jeffries C/G Anglo I'll be delighted to receive any kind of feedback on my presentation, good or bad. After all, I can still edit most of what you see on that page ... I think. One thing I can't seem to change though is "Post to United Kingdom"? I had wanted to say Worldwide, but I have checked back through the whole thing & can't seem to find anywhere to edit that. I reckon it must have been set early on in the process, & now I can't get back that far. Anyway, instead, I have tried to make that point clear in the description. Cheers Dick

Clearly you must, just naturally, have good taste then.

WOW! I just wonder if younger folk today actually 'GET' Laurel & Hardy, or if you have to be of a certain vintage?

Well, it certainly made me laugh! Enjoy! Why I want a concertina Cheers Dick

SORRY ...... TOO LATE! ~ It's listed on eBay now! Cheers Dick

I think many people ,including myself, would disagree with this. And this was the nub of my earlier posting. If someone says to me "Yes, I will buy your concertina", then I want to take them at their word ( of honour). The exchange of money is not the point at which the deal has been cemented but when you say "Yes, I will buy it". It should be a statement of intent nothing else. Regards Robin I would agree Robin. When someone says ~ "Yes, I will buy your concertina", surely that amounts to an online handshake & a handshake is the equivalent of a signature on a contract .... between gentlemen of honour. The point when the item changes hands, or money changes hands, is surely just the fulfillment of the earlier promise.

Hey, where's the link to the sound file?

Surely that's number two Steve? Isn't number one ... make sure you actually have a Concertina to sell, before you start a sale! Cheers Dick

Yeah, that sounds fair Ian. Thanks for that tip. Dick If you're going to say what the reserve is you may as well save the reserve fee and start at your minimum. Hmmmmm now why didn't I think of that? Aye, your right of course Paul. Cheers Dick

Yeah, that sounds fair Ian. Thanks for that tip. Dick

Thanks for that Azalin. Yes, from what you say, it looks like I should start low, but use a reserve to, as you say ... protect myself from disaster! I already tried starting high, when I tried to sell it here on the B&S board, so I might as well, try a different tack on eBay. $40 seems like a lot, if I were only selling a small, cheap item, but for an expensive vintage instrument, I reckon it's a small enough percentage, to be worth it. Cheers Dick

Mein Gott! Zu was kommt die Welt? Seriously though, Dick, some very nice playing from the both of you. I guess it takes a certain amount of pluck to play the harp. Chris I guess it must do Chris, cause when she is practicing, I often hear her exclaim ... For Plucks Sake! ........ at least, I think that's what she is saying! Cheers Dick

As I didn't manage to sell my Jeffries Concertina on this board, I am now heading off to try my luck on eBay. However, although I have bought a couple of, not too expensive, Banjos on eBay in the past, I have never ever tried to sell anything there, before. So, as I know there are quite a few members here with a lot of experience of selling over there, I'm wondering if you could perhaps give me a few pointers? e.g. Should you set a starting price up front, right from the start? Or is it better to just have a hidden minimum price you will accept? I'm sure there are a number of pitfalls that I should be aware of, so hopefully you can help me to avoid the Bear Traps! Cheers Dick

THIS AUCTION HAS NOW ENDED! Just for the record folks, as the deadline of 6PM has come & gone on my wee experimental auction & as no serious bids were received before 6PM, I have ended the auction. To be honest, in light of what Gan Ainm recently posted on the thread next door, I'm quite glad that little experiment is over. In case you missed it, he wrote: Of course I'll never know for sure why I didn't receive any serious offers. It could be that the strange auction type rules I was imposing on the sale here, just put people off, or it could be that people felt it was too expensive to be bidding any more than the price I was starting it at, or it could be that the credit crunch has finally come home to roost. Or maybe the fact that it only has 26 buttons put people off, or maybe people have just gone off Jeffries now!, Anyway, thanks to C.net for letting me try that auction idea & for all those who passed comments on the idea, onthe thread next door. Cheers Dick