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Dieppe

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  1. Try Virtual Dub http://www.virtualdub.org/. I'm not sure if it does .MOV, but it usually opens most anything I try. -Patrick
  2. An ANGLO concertina spotted on Glee: YouTube Video , also you see the guy carrying it in at about 2 seconds in. Does anybody know about this? Can you even hear it in the song? I hear something, but I'm not certain. -Patrick
  3. I started out with a cheap anglo from eBay. The buttons would stick, it was red pearl and shiny, and as I was coming from a PA background, the push and pull thing just blew my mind too much. That was $75 down the drain. I keep it as an example of an Anglo, if anybody asks. Having 20 buttons and no sharps/flats made it less than useful for me based on music that I like to be able to play. $75 for the education that I shouldn't play an Anglo... The next one I bought was the cheapo 30 button Chinese English also from eBay. You know the one that has 2 pairs of reeds that are swapped. I actually was able to use it to get to a point where I thought I was good enough to consider a better instrument. I tried swapping the reeds to the correct notes, but gave up on it. I don't play it now. That was $150 or so to learn another lesson. Get a decent instrument. I spent $350 or so on a Stagi tenor. That was interesting, but the buttons were shifted up, or down, I forget. Made it confusing on my still learning how to play fingers. I was able to sell that for about what I put into it... Somewhere along the line I bought a Wheatstone treble, 1898 or so, had it refurbished/repaired/tuned, and it's been my favorite instrument since then. I think I paid $1000 or so, another $800 to restore, but it's just been an awesome little concertina for me since then! The moral of my story? I don't know if I could have sunk $2,000 initially into an instrument, least of all having one restored, if I didn't have the experience of the crappy and money lost experiences before that. I don't recommend people do that, but on the other hand not knowing if it's going to be an instrument worth playing how can you know? I would say for beginners, don't get anything less than a low-end Stagi to see what you'd like. You might be able to see it for about what you bought. I bought a Stagi treble for about $350 years later, intending to use it as my "stunt instrument". I found I would much rather play my Wheatstone, as I just like the feel better. I gave that Stagi to my niece, and she's been playing for about two years now. I have a surprise for her the next time I see her, in a refurbished Lachenal. One benefit of a beginner's instrument is you do have a better means to introduce someone to concertina playing a lot easier and if they don't like it, they can always give it back. -Patrick
  4. Is this the same instrument? eBay Auction -Patrick
  5. I'm up in Hawthorne, and I play English Concertina. How many do you have in your band so far? -Patrick
  6. I have a Wheatstone Baritone #3792, and it looks almost exactly the same! It's got such a wonderful lovely deep voice, but yeah it's not so good for fast playing. Definitely enjoy it! We call my Baritone "Barry" for obvious reasons, of course. -Patrick
  7. Concerta Spares (http://concertina-spares.com/) can often get buttons that match what you've got. You're on a boat, but can you receive mail? -Patrick It's been a long time since I did this, but I vaguely remember doing a temporary fix for a similar problem with duct tape. In my situation, there was a metal tab sticking down from the button with a slot in it for the action lever to stick through. The action lever had worn its way through the bottom of the slot in the button tab. I believe that I wrapped the tape around the metal tab a couple of times and cut a slot in it for the action lever. It lasted for quite a while and was easy to re-do when it did wear out.. The idea of switching it out with a rarely-used button sounds good too. Perhaps you could do both, with the jury-rigged button in the less-used spot. One more thought - Button Box might be willing to send you a replacement button free or cheap. Good luck!
  8. I have not seen the film yet, but i do know that Chris Algar sold a concertina to the film company for this purpose. I do not know if they acquired more than one, The one I know about once belonged to the late Glad Thorp, and later, the late David Lee. It was a 43-button Wheatstone piccolo concertina, made by Steve Dickinson probably in the early 1990's.. The serial number was 60106. Did it look like the one attached here? regards John Wild Nope, it looked like a twelve-sided, metal buttons one. -Patrick
  9. I have a Wheatstone Baritone, Wakker refurbished, and it's just beautiful! 1851 or so, with brass reeds, rosewood. The bass notes are just so deep and... well you know. I lucked out with an eBay auction from the UK, it needed a fair bit of work and I don't think the sellers knew what they had. It doesn't speak quick, but when it does... ahhhh! I'm not willing to sell it yet though. Patrick
  10. Alas, I'm in Los Angeles! But I hope you get some people! Have a brew for me! Patrick
  11. i never thought i'd see xkcd cross-posted to c-net! I suspect for his Bridge not his Concertinas. Patrick
  12. If they aren't Bony, it's possible they could be Ivory... Patrick
  13. I have a concertina that I'm restoring (an English Lachenal), and some of the screws under the pinky rest and the thumb strap are old, worn, and don't really have much of a slot with which to unscrew. Mind you, if I wanted the screws I could easily get them with damage to the face, but I want the screws out with minimal damage to the brass, or the wood. Does anyone have any helpful suggestions as to how I can get these screws out without causing damage to the instrument? Thanks in advance! Patrick
  14. Stan Rogers, not because there is that much concertina (necessarily), but because he was a hero, and I love those folk sea-songs, as well as songs of his own. Patrick
  15. Six-sided, but they say it's an Aeola. No serial number given. #28615 given in the written description. I'd speculate that they read the Wheatstone label that said "Makers of Aeolas and Concertinas". Still doesn't explain how they counted 6 sides as 8. (8 sides listed in their written description! Greg Obviously 6 sides and two ends! Patrick
  16. I recently purchased a Lachenal 48-buttton English Concertina (#11126) to restore, and the leather is green. On front of the thumb straps the leather looks black, but on the bellows, the top of the thumb straps, and even bleeding a little on the bellows paper is green. So my question is this: Was this concertina originally green and the black of the thumb straps are either faded, brushed off, or not well dyed? Or, was the leather originally black, but turned green with the ravages of time? Exposure to moth balls? (It smells of moth balls (Naphthalene?).) (Shouldn't those be "anti-Moth balls" anyway?) Patrick
  17. No fishnets?? Zoom that up to the full size one more time and tell me if you're sure. And she's playing an English too! Patrick - zooming in to look at the concertina, not the fishnets...
  18. Bidding currently is at $7,100, with 3 hours left... *weep* Patrick
  19. eBay Link to a photo of a woman with an English Concertina. Any ideas if this is accurately dated? Patrick
  20. So, you're playing all three instruments then? Patrick
  21. Two hours into it, huh? That's pretty good! Patrick
  22. People said good stuff. My advice is similar. If you play Piano Accordion, then either a Duet or an English would be good. IF you played a button accordion with a different note on push or pull, then go for an Anglo. If you're used to making chords on your own on a PA (somehow) then a duet would be good. All in all bellows will determine what you could look into, IMHO. Patrick
  23. It's funny, but there's a member of C.net who actually lives in the *SAME* condo complex as I do! (Though not the same building, cause that'd be too unlikely!) We've never met in person, though we've shared a few emails. I'm never pushed any "Hey, I should walk over to your building with my concertina and say 'Hi' in person!" thing, and neither have they. So... about the only people I've met from here is Noel Hill and a few other C.netters at a Noel Hill concert. Go figure, eh? Patrick
  24. Dieppe

    High Barbaree

    That'll be awesome! Heh, my only advice here is... play what feels right and it'll happen. Use the Force! Patrick
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