Graham Collicutt
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Video hopping after this I came upon this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gT-xMlIDYM Boeremusiek played on an english. In 2 other videos he plays anglo.
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Three quick videos all recorded with one take!
Anglo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggeLp-Y-G8
Bass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjd7kmq1ZiU
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One point to consider: screwed in reeds v. waxed in reeds. Do you want to be able to tune reeds etc yourself or leave it to an accordion tech. or learn new skills working on the hidden reed at the back.
Graham
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Thank you for all the compliments.
Yes I do play for dance though not often now, but never this tune.
What caused me most problems was the 2nd time through, where I am swapping tune from right to left hand.
I have no idea about chords.
Graham
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I have been playing this tune at times for last 30 years, it still took about 30 takes but it was easier when I remembered to 1 A and 2 Bs.
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It is a good chance, that it was Roy Whiteley: http://www.accordionmagic.com/index.html who is in Cheshire.
Graham
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Here is my attempt:
I use the zoom on the camera to get further away to reduce volume but wasn't far enough.
I wish I had more control over what my left hand does. I tried for jolly.
Graham
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Jim, I notice that the tune poll counter does not agree with itself.There must be a couple of 'hidden casting votes' in case of a draw!
Have to ask Paul and Ken about that. Offhand, I see no way to vote multiple times, and as administrator of this forum, I apparently don't have the ability to manipulate the vote. I'll investigate.
Jim - there are not too many votes acutally, but too many voters - that's why I believe that there had been five "null" votes because of having had a look at the result before having voted oneself - I seem to recall having been warned against doing so whilst opening the poll thread for the very first time...
I did view results first and have been prevented from casting a vote.
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Graham
I've added a couple more:
and just because the camera was set up:
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They do have a
special concertina set which looks like concertina reeds.
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What?! Really? That's not something that is shown on their site, as
far I can see.
When you say "look like" - do you mean a single reed on a single,
tapered reed shoe, brass or dural, not riveted?
/Henrik
http://www.harmonikas.cz/harmonium.htm ?
and reed sets on this page http://www.suttnerconcertinas.com/parts.html
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I know this topic has been handled before, but I am looking for an update....maybe there is a new model recorder out there.
I'm headed to South Africa in a few months, to record some of the old Boer players there for a new project, and later will head to County Clare in February. I have a handheld TASCAM DR-1 recorder that performs well for music, but has an overly complicated set of buttons and such (at least, for a retro geezer who uses reading glasses, like me). Sometimes I think I am recording, when the right button has not been pushed, and I lose the recording. I don't want to take that chance on this expensive trip.
So, I am looking for a digital recorder that hasn't been designed by a twenty year old geekish engineer! One that has a relatively clearly labelled set of simple record and play buttons (almost as easy as on an old cassette recorder). Needs to have a nice stereo mike, of course (i.e., not a voice recorder). Doesn't need to play back in forty different tunings, add electric bass accompaniment, transpose to the key of Gb minor, or whistle Dixie while upside down.
Has anyone seen one like this?
Cheers,
Dan
I have an Olympus LS-10. Large record and stop buttons, clear display, runs on 2 AA batteries, remote control, and has speakers to check recordings on SD card. I think there is now a later model.
Cheers
Graham
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It would be interesting to build a new concertina with this system.
Interesting, but I think it's also much more complex (more different kinds of parts).
I also have some specific thoughts regarding specific details of WW's "improvements", but they're going to wait. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to others' comments.
Hmm... no further comments from others, as yet.
Then again, I've only just posted the additional photos.Would anyone else like to speculate as to 1) why this design didn't replace or at least take a place alongside its predecessor, which remains relatively unchanged even today, or 2) the likely consequences of the various new features -- either separately or together -- incorporated into this instrument?
2 comments:
Only just noticed mixture of brass and steel reed shoes. How are the reeds attached on the steel shoes?
Tuning is going to be difficult with valves in place and you need to retune after replacing valves.
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Just musing, whilst replacing 96 valves on a nice Wheatstone EC. The outer reed pan chambers have valve pins to limit travel on all but the smallest valves. Why were they not put on the valves on the inner face of the reed pan? They would obviously have to be right angled pins but surely the danger of a valve curling to the point where it didn't work it just as likely on the inside as it is on the outside. Any ideas?
Andrew
There is no chamber wall for the valve to get stuck against if it goes too far.
Graham
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Peacocks have now been on sale for at least 3 days.
Graham
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I need to re-cut some threads for Wheatstone endbolts ( Aeola ). Anybody knows what exact thread they are and where to get a tap?
Some time ago I took the threaded plate, which is screwed to the bellows frame, out and then squeezed the plated on to the end bolt in a vice. Result good threads on 2 sides which gave me no further trouble for rest of time I had concertina ( G/D C Jeffries )
Graham ( advice warning trade Farmer )
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I just stumbled on Kato Toru, a Japanese musician playing a 40 button Anglo in a very entertaining and harmonic style. Many of his selections are from Hayao Miyazaki's wonderful animation movies. He has a youtube channel with lots of videos. Check him out! Here is one:
Following your link I spotted this, a good photo to add to your collection.
Graham
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Horses for courses I reckon .. Maybe next fore me is voice recognition where you sing a tune as you remember it and get a record in one of these forms. It's probably out their now , please let me know.
Try tunepal: http://tunepal.org/tunepal/index.php
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So here's my dilemma I'm finding more and more I'm relying on melodeon or fiddle at sessions. As when I play concertina I can't hear myself so have no idea if I'm playing a note let alone a right one....and struggle to keep up speed-wise.
The speed I could probably work on (and I'd be faster if I didn't always try to play keeping on the right hand - but I just find it hard to swap to paying it in row even with the dots in front of me).
Any advice on hearing my playing in a session...and yes I try holding it up to my ear but that's uncomfortable and unsustainable. Is there anything 'style-wise' I can do with my playing to increase the volume?
Or will my concertina be relegated to playing only at home?
Try to get a seat in a corner.
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Hi there!
I've already built a few accordions, and now I'm considering making an English concertina. But English concertina reeds seem much harder to find then accordion reeds. Has anyone advices on where I could find them?
Thanks! Stephane
Suttner had reeds sets on his price list.
You could try harmonium reeds from http://www.harmonikas.cz/
Graham
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Just to show an example link http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2576&st=0&p=25584entry25584 to my attempted sale of a Wheatstone F/C.
Graham
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hello all
I watch ebay every day but have not seen the jeffries for sale
is it me or what?
cplayer
Well whoever bought it, they didn't think for too long, posted and sold in 24 minutes.
Graham
Tune Of The Month For July 2013: Roslyn Castle
in Tune of the Month
Posted · Edited by Graham Collicutt
Too many takes, too many mistakes but here it is http://youtu.be/1jeDb3MqIEo Played on Wheatstone F/C anglo.
Graham