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And I started with less, and found something a little bit better, and now have this nice Tedrow in the picture. You never know when you may luck onto something better. As to being a nice group, I think that is generally true of any group who share a common passion. Alan

Shame someone doesn't build a small anglo that would be affordable for the smaller child. Alan

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Thanks Stephen, cool websight. Alan

No my friend, just started out on this online business back in the days when they charged by the minute, so it wasn't always cost affective to correct minor errors. Besides one Scotland with a big S, one with a small which made out better then Quebec. Alan

do you english play any particular type of goose? do you mind if I ship some of these pesky canadian geese your way? Alan

Well damn, sorry to here that, and I hope you able to heal quickly. If not, God Bless. Alan

dabbler always seems a wise choice, keeps the expectations down, and is probably just as much fun. Alan

Er, you could always try flying straight into Scotland (well, not into it, could be a bumpy landing if you get my drift!), and cut out the middle man/England. Or, via Canada - or is that suggestion even more of a dilemma for those Stateside? Can you fly straight into Scotland form the states? I'v never really checked it out. Now that I live down south, canada just isn't as convenient. growing up, it was the country north south and east of me. besides, with my luck, quebec will finally get it together and go independent as well, shooting down airliners going overhead between scotland and Toronto. Alan

Common, Delbert, its Ontario, borders New York. Windsor is more or less a Detroit suburb. Not like on the other coast, like British Columbia, or way to the South like New Mexico. Alan

http://concertina.JeffLeff.com/audio/rabbit.mp3 Hey, I really like this! I wonder if my rabbit would. He's quite often my one and only audience. So far, he seems to really enjoy the concertina. I think this one would have him hopping around happily. (Yes, I really do have a rabbit...he's not imaginary, hehe. ) "Must pretend to like the noise the big prediter that feeds me makes. Remember what happened to Great uncle Fluffy Tail when he tried to runaway from the rap music."

I don't know--would it be safe visiting one of those unstable western European countries to attend a concertina event. I would hate to fly into heathrow, get to Scotland, then not be able to get back to the airport because Northrumbia is up in arms. Alan

You know, Peter looks so suave in that photo he uses lately, I think I might worry if my wife found him. Alan

Loose your purse--your concertina is the same size. Alan

Why wouldn't a cellist jump to a mandocello or the Irish equivalent say the bouzouki? i know my wife has jumped from mandolin to violin. Alan

Randy, i think Greg was just attached to all of his 'tinas, and figured you would give a decent home to which ever one you chose. Alan

An educational evening thursday night. Unlike a lot of the concertinist there, I already concentratteed my melody playing to the right hand, so I don't think I found that as confusing as some of the Irish style players that were there. I did find it confusing to here so many concertinas at once, whic made the group excercises more difficult. A lot of my playing is by myself, either at home or sitting in my truck on work breaks and lunch. I did gather a lot of good informaton though, including rcieving answers for some of the questions that I was hoping to get answers for. The nice thing is that I didn't have to ask the questions, they came up in the course of the intermediate part of the workshop. For instance, you don't have to do push 4 push 5 push 4 on the right side all with the litle finger, you can shift your whole hand. Brian also explained that little finger is preferable to pinkie, as they don't seem to use that term. Anyway, I found the workshop worthwhile. Afterwards, the conversations turned to mutual acquaintances and friends no longer with us. A quick chat with Brian about Peter Bellamy, who I had worked with on concerts he had done in Michigan. Then our hostess brought out a melodean tht had belonged to an old friend of my wife's and I, Bill Marchiello (forgive my spelling.) Turns out Greg also knew him. Actuallly, I guess that wasn't surprising, as he did live in Cincinatti when he died twenty some years ago. So we traded some recollections of Bill, who was a fine concertina player, and was always up for playing some music. Anyway, I got so caught up in remembering bill, I left a nice hat on the hat rack, and now I have to figure a way to get it back. Alan

Probably just one of them feral emoticoms that escaped from another pst and decided it liked the habitat of yours. Not as common as a feral cat, or as vicious as a feral dog, (i.e. no likely to kill any sheep or harass the cattle) so i wouldn't worry about to much. Probably more like the feral parrot that just showed up on the dairy when I was still in high school. Not a bad companion to have as a cleaned the holding area when I fininshed milking. Alan

And no one wants to be a bad musician, everyone is either convinced they are a natural born musician, or just not musical, neither of which can be farther from the truth. Alan

Good time last night, but I left my bloody hat at our hosts--more to come later as off to work I go and as I got in at quarter one. Alan

I started on a chinese made Trinity College (the label said Trinity College, Ireland) which eventually became unplayable. It now sits in the garage workshop to see if I can do anything with the bloody bellows (cloth and cardboard). I then picked an old wooden box with a german style wooden action that is labeled made in Italy. Best anyone can figure, it was probably made between Wars, but it could be earlier yet. I replaced the handles with a pair of dog collars, and fixed a couple of corner's bellows leaks with some book bindery tape. All and all, not a bad box, and while not as quick as my Tedrow, I think it is still quicker than the Stagis, Hohners and chinese boxes I had tried. (Or the East German and Rochelle box I recently tried.) Alan

I really don't know a lot about St George, other than wasn't he the preeminate big game hunter of his day? Alan

At least you didn't jump from a wooden action in an ancient italian box to a Tedrow, like I did. Not that the old style action doesn't have its charms. After all, it has to be very similiar to what was played in most of the US in the nineteenth century, and probably Ireland as well. But lets face it, the Tedrow boxes are a pure joy to play, quick, responsive, and I really enjoy the extra ten buttons allows me to add a more bluesy feel to some of the traditional american music I've been playing. Plus, it is far easier to set down with that box and just read the music off the page now, then it ever was with the other box. Those of you that were at NESI, when I had the Tedrow for only a month just will be surprised at the progress I've made. Alan