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  1. Doug Barr
    Hi Sean, The advantage of a Jeffries system is having a push and draw C#. The "Pure" Jeffries system has a draw C# on the first button and a push c# on the second button. The reason for the hybrid layout is that it has a C# on the push and draw on the first button and also a C# push on the second button. I think it makes it easier to play for someone that has learned on a Wheatstone set-up (push C# on the first button). The disadvantage is you are losing Eb's which may or may not be important to you. I would think that once you are playing on a Jeffries layout you would not choose to go back or change to a Wheatstone layout. I started on a Wheatstone Layout but have switched to a Jeffries layout without a problem. I also own concertinas that are in a Wheatstone set-up and have no problem going back and forth between the two. Doug
  2. Doug Barr
    I agree with you Jim. I had a chance to play this instrument at NESI and it is very nice. I too would buy it if I had the need for a F/C
  3. Doug Barr
    Just wondering who will be there this year from this group. See you in a few days! Doug
  4. Doug Barr
    Instrument has been sold and a donation to Concertina.net has been made. Thanks Doug
  5. Doug Barr
    Lachenal 20B C/G This instrument has been fully restored and nothing to do on it but play some tunes! Beautiful looking and sounding instrument. Mahogany has been refinished. New Endbolts and nuts. Chamois repaired. New handstraps, thumbscrews and inserts. Buttons bushed. New 6 fold bellows and papers. New pads and valves. Brass reeds Tuned but Greg Jowaisas. Soft case included. #84276 made around 1895 $650 + shipping Donation to Concertina.net if sold here.
  6. Doug Barr

    Hi Patrick,

     

    I have recently come back from 6 weeks living in east Clare (Tulla) and studying concertina with Mary MacNamara.  I am a retired music teacher that has come late to Irish trad but am now deeply involved in it.

     

     I  have never really done any research but currently am obsessed with the influence of the concertina player from Feakle, John Naughton.  As you know he was a big influence on musicians such as Mary MacNamara, Martin Hayes and Christy MacNamara.   

     

    It is amazing to me that this man, who really had no commercial recording or "original" tune has had such an impact on music of this area. You find many tunes recorded with just the name John Naughton as the title.

     

    I am currently searching out recordings of his and any information about the man on the internet but am finding it difficult.  I have been transcribing some of the recordings I have found.

     

    I went to the local Arts counsel to discuss possible grants that might help with my research.

     

    You sound like the man to help me out.  any ideas or suggestions will help.

     

    thanks

    Doug Barr

    1. Mark Davies

      Mark Davies

      Gerald O'Halloran,the well known Clare Concertina player now based in Canada fully researched John Naughton in his superb doctoral thesis which covered Concertina playing throughout County Clare.I obtained a copy of the thesis from the British Library but I understand it has now been withdrawn and is not available.His research was carried out in the 1980's. Thus it appears any research you carried out would be covering ground already fully dealt with.

    2. Doug Barr

      Doug Barr

      Hi Mark,  I happen to have this document.  From what I can figure out, most of Gearoid"s writing is based on an interview with John done in Dublin in 1986.  In 15 pages there are scarcely 3 paragraphs about his instrument(at the time) and his style/technique. Apparently John switched to playing an English concertina.  I am more interested in his earlier playing which would have been on a 20B instrument along the rows.  This is the music he would have been playing in and around Feakle with Bill Malley and Joe Bane.  This is the music that Martin Hayes and Mary MacNamara would have been exposed to in their formative years.

  7. Doug Barr
    Just took the survey. Just sent a PM to you.
  8. Doug Barr
    Sounds like it is time for a new CD from her!
  9. Doug Barr
    Sent you a PM
  10. Doug Barr
    If she was playing quiet it is more likely that the box would be sharp.
  11. Doug Barr
    Thanks
  12. Doug Barr
    Yes C/G and mahogany ends thanks Wolf for the corrections. Doug
  13. Doug Barr
    HI Dowright How about a date on a 20B Anglo C/C brass reeds # 84276 with a Lachenal & Co. label. BTW would love to see you research paper when done. Thanks Doug
  14. Doug Barr
    Why would anyone pay more for a 3 year old instrument than you can buy it new? Are you banking(pun) on someone not wanting to wait?
  15. Doug Barr
    Almost always do it that way with a Jeffries set up. Wheatstone you are forced to do it the other way so as to not use the same finger twice in a row with a finger jump.
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