Ghirotondo

Hi! Pleeeeze, one little dot in the middle of Italy (near Florence), since I've finally got my 30 buttons STAGI ANGLO!!! Ciao Ghiro

Hi, Alan, I'm not really unsatisfied with my instrument, first because being a real newbie almost every box will be right for learning, and second because the price was really good, sort of 370 US$ carrying case (hard) included. The air leak is a pain, though, and I'll have to have it fixed. The unevenness of the button height, after a close - and honest - look is not dramatic except for the air button which is a little 'slanted' towards the rim of the concertina, so I would need a longer thumb to operate it comfortingly. Maybe it's all a matter of habit... By the way, is there a place where to fin tablatures along with scores? Just to sort out how jump from row to row... Bye Ghiro

Hello, I own a STAGI w-15-ln too (since living in Italy and the concertina not being my principal instrument I didn't want to invest a lot of money) but I'm not very satisfied. I began with an old 20 button BASTARI, then I switched to the STAGI. Well, the key heights are uneven: some buttons are higher than others by circa 1 mm (0.03 in -?-), and the first two buttons of the G row, left hand, are stronger than the others to push. More, one of the reeds on the left side sometimes gives a grinding noise, and another on the right side has a noisy harmonic. Last, the instrument is not airtight: if I hold the concertina by one of the straps without pressing any button, it slowly opens and the bellows is quite completely extended in about 5 seconds. I wonder if I am too finnicky or my instrument is defective. I paid €370 hard case included, so the price was fairly good, but I think I have to have it fixed by someone really skilled. Ghiro