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Dana, I'm happy to be one of those on your book for a concertina and through our emails knew I would be one of the last. As much as I can appreciate the decision to close up the shop, there is certainly some saddest that goes along with it. Hopefully your tooling will find a good home and craftsperson to take your place. digger

That was lots of fun! It had me laughing all the way through. Thanks!

At the same time you're not shooting from that angle to hide your face. I can understand that not everyone wants their face on the internet, but it's also nice to see the face behind the concertina.

Thanks, Jody! I've always liked the pespective you record from and that you can often see both keyboards at the same time.

Thank you, @Steve Schulteis! I had no idea where the logic of the harmonica and anglo concertina came from.

@SMary, here we are again! The concertina I bought a few months ago is a Morse C/G Ceili with a Jeffries layout that I'm happy with. Dana Johnson told me he feels it's one of the better hybrids and would serve me well while waiting for 2025 get here.

Ahh, right and it makes sense. When I did a quick look at small images I was mistaking hefty feet for rollers. Thanks for pointing that out!

That's something I thought about since it looks like most, if not all, have wheels. I tend to like sitting cross-legged with one knee over the over, so only one foot is on the floor. I can see myself rolling all over the place if there were wheels. I'm not quite sure I would like that. Though if I got good enough to play in performance it might be a crowd pleaser!

Ya know, I have a little inflatable campseat. A Thermorest if you know what they are. It could work, but I wonder how easily I could modify it to be hexagon shaped?🤔

they certainly are! but I'm glad to say it's a trend I haven't followed…at least to date

Not long ago when I first read about Kennsingtons here someone said they thought the wait time was about about three months. Was I surprised when Dana said 2025! But then my dad, who was known to be cooking supper late, used to say, "The longer you have to wait, the better it will taste."

@Morgana thanks for seeing the humor intended in my post! @John Wild I was thinking something like a piece of hi-density foam underneath. Maybe talk my partner into seeing if it could be sewn in to the pillow? @SIMON GABRIELOW thanks, but I'll stick with the chair. Other when bone hits bottom I find it comfortable. As far as standing up, that's something I'd like to get used to, but for the moment my task is play the right notes at the right time. So maybe I'll make standing up be the lesson after the last one in Easy Anglo 123. @seanc a drum throne? I had to look that up! I can see how the right shaped seat could be pretty comfortable.

Dear Abby, When I first started with the concertina just this last December my partner made this cushion for my practice chair! Well, as much as I love it, after about a half hour my boney butt finds its way down way down to the wood underneath the pillow, and after 45 to 60 minutes you should hear the groan when I get up… I'm gonna have to find a way to very kindly ask her to add some padding or make it bigger. Or maybe… do you think… her hearing my groans will be enough of a hint? Signed, Hoping for a Bigger Cushion AKA just posting for fun AKA but I really do groan AKA and I do love the pillow!

A week or so ago Dana added me to his list and I was told it would be sometime in 2025.

A very nice five minutes! I liked that the newscaster got to play an actual scale. But the thing I was most astounded to learn is that the concertina is an actual instrument! <smile> digger