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Hi Gavin, I'll come up from Brighton for that. TD says he'll come too. Éamonn

Ben Paley, Tab Hunter, Mandy Murray (3 tracks on the Anglo International cd2) Entrance: Free "Playing energetic and beautiful Swedish, Irish, Klezmer and American traditional music, Ben Paley (fiddle) and Tab Hunter (guitar) are 'a truly class act'. They are joined by All-Ireland concertina champion Mandy Murray". Part of annual May Brighton Festival. www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk Sunday 17 May 2009 8PM - Midnight The Foundry Pub, 13-14 Foundry Street, Brighton. (very near Brighton station). ------------- Also this Sunday, Brighton Morris Men are hosting a Day of Dance 10.30-4.30 Various sides performing around Brighton. www.brightonmorris.co.uk Éamonn C

I ordered straps for a friend's concertina from David J.Leese (Peter T's recommendation to you) and they arrived very quickly in the post. Your Rochelle has more life in it even after you get a new one and would need the straps replacing before they break in two. Once you have new straps, you can find some help fitting them. At 2mm thickness, they may be a mm more than what you have. Just don't let who ever fits them over-tighten the strap screws into the wood. If they loosen and re-tighten the screws as they are now, they'll feel how tight the screw should be with the new straps. The straps come with holes made but you may want to make another hole with a leather hole punch (lots of people have them, so you might not need to buy one). Exact strap tightness/ looseness, I'm still floundering with but what felt right for my concertina at the time, i achieved by securing the adjusting end of the strap (which had no nearby holes) with a long plastic cable tie and then marking the strap at the height of the hand rest and then punching the hole to maintaining the marked position. (one end of the looped cable-tie where the screw would go through the strap, the other at the other end of the hand-rest as low down and far away as possible). I was able to play my concertina with the cable-ties for a couple of days before deciding (bearing in mind the straps could come off, so not in a way the concertina could ever crash to the floor if they did). From previous experience I discovered that if I was making a hole between two existing one's, it was better to appreciate how many millimetres of space I'm giving the strap rather than necessarily make it in the middle of the two existing holes. New straps will stretch over a year, so it's maybe worth noting how much daylight between hand and hand rest you started off with. Someone who enjoys very loose strap won't be bothered by the odd millimetre though. I also bought "The Concertina Maintenance Manual" book by Dave Elliott for the same p&p which I'd not got round to buying before. Eamonn C

Sorry Steve, the "6.5 inches" I was quoting was in fact a 48 button. I'm wondering roughly what size a 55 b is. Éamonn C

Hi Marien, are all 55 button Cranes roughly the same size? The only figure I could find on the web was Lachenal 4802 on CraneConcertina.com - "6.5 inches" across the hexagonal ends. Éamonn C

re: Item on E Bay (AC Norman Anglo Concertina No 1096) I'm interested in buying this Norman too. I'm very much in need of a good C/G. I'm only playing G/D at present. If I can't get this Norman, I'm prompted to go for a second hand Richard Morse "Ceili". Presumably they are similar accordion-reeded concertinas. Can anyone comment on similarities or differences? Thanks Eamonn

Concertina Connection C/G Rochelle Anglo Does anyone in Sussex UK have a C/G Rochelle Anglo I can see (before I order one)? I'm on a long wait with Andrew Norman. I've been loaned a great G/D for a while but my Stagi Gremlin C/G is very leaky and I'm hardly playing it. I can travel in Sussex or by train to London. Please reply an offers in a PM. Thanks Éamonn C (Brighton, uk)

sorry, duplicated Éamonn C

Hi David, Can you tell us what your new instrument will be. Éamonn C