Paul Read

Not much to do with concertinas either I'm afraid! Maybe pandas play cheap chinese concertinas?

I think we have a new one! Didn't Chris Algar have this one on about 3 weeks ago? http://cgi.ebay.com/Jeffries-30-key-G-D-Co...1QQcmdZViewItem Sorry, forgot to add the link. It's been taken off anyway.

Thet'll cetainly make people more appreciative of the concertina!

Dave, As Jim touched on, it is humidity that is the main concern. leaving at a low temperature should be fine but he should make sure the room doesn't get too dry. In the worst case, the action board could split, especially in a northern climate with heating on.

Morgana, Are you aiming at concertina music or limited to Irish concertina music? There are a couple of exceptions (e.g. Brian Peters), but there must be lot of others missing (Keith Kendrick being one that springs to mind).

There you go!

Try the Button Box. They are pretty accommodating and efficient.

Agreed. It would be nice to have that capability.

I meant to ask that myself!

Why not put some picture up so we can see what you mean about the condition.

I've ordered my copy. This is the style I would like to be playing. For morris and sessions, would it be fair to say that the G/D is best suited to this style, particularly taking into account what instruments others may be playing? Dan, what keys are most of the tunes in?

Sounds to me like a story about a Dodge City restaurant. It's all in the punctuation! It's actually a description of the Panda. Remove the punctuation error (the comma) and all becomes clear. One of the author's pet peeves is the 'greengrocer's apostrophe', added when there is a plural (e.g. banana's)

OK, I can't resist any longer! Every time I see this title I think of the book I'm reading. 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves'. The title has what is described in the book as a greengrocer's apostrophe. I'm only part of the way through it, but I would highly recommend the book.

I've dealt with him once and it all went fine. He does seem to find instruments that have been hard driven although that is usually obvious when you're bidding

The link doesn't work

Is there information out there on the relative weights of the new concertinas (i.e Morse, Edgley, Norman etc.). Are there any other factors that would make one preferable to the others (e.g. Loudness, responsiveness)

So that explains the Chinese concertinas!

Stephen will probably be able to give you a more definitive answer, but those look like George Case papers to me. Paul

I have and they're very responsive.

Well done Stephen, I nearly fell for this one!

I've had the chance to handle this beauty myself. It has the classic Jeffires sound but it is stunning to look at and Rosalie Dipper makes great bellows (concertina bellows, not sounds!)

Hi Mike, I haven't had the time to look at that yet. I'm not sure I want to know but I'll taske a look soon. It does sound beautiful though.

I have a 28-button Jeffries that I believe originally had bone buttons. The air button is still bone. I believe this is because the air button has no backing plate to install bushing. The metal buttons are Wheatstone type with the wooden core. I'm pretty sure I've seen a picture of one belonging to Chris Timson that also has the bone air button.

I've re-read the original question and my response and I think I did address Jim's question. as for the rest, I'm going to avoid the "Goram Trap" and not get into sentence analysis. Jim B, I think we're all in agreement here that there is a place for playing octaves.