OLDNICKILBY
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Has anyone managed to find an easy way to get to this event?Other than Ryanair(wash your mouth out) from Stansted I don't seem to be able to find an affordable flight. Ferries are not an option with a 600 km journey and the train looks even worse. This is all from U K
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Well Chris he was booked at Warwick Folk Festival last year, so I suppose that counts as a start, lucky blighter.Well done I will ask if he has any more bookings in the near future and keep them posted
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Well at last the Maestro has put somethimg on You tube.
I will let you decide what you think, but we are a little impressed.
Here is the link ,
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Well, I did offer to get the Stamping Dies engraved if there was enough interest but I only got a couple of replies. We have got 6 hot foil blocking machines at the Factory so for me it is an easy job. If you want to try using a set of stamps ,well go ahead, but it would be tantamount to walking on water.
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The round head screws suggest German, whilst the Air lever suggests Simpson or Harley and the fretwork German.
Thus as these two makers were re-badging German tinas as "English Made" lets go for German
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Paul
It is quite easy to make a scratch stock and use a broken hacksaw blade to grind the form on, or you could grind a cutter for a Stanley 45 or similar. This is not at all as daunting as it sounds and you could easily make one in 5 minutes on an ordinary Bench Grinder. E mail me if you need more help
Regards Nic
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Thank you James, I thought that you would give a serious,considered reply. A beaker for the Non-English speakers,only joking, is a large cup of about half a pint. I have restricted my intake to just two at the beginning of the day in order to start the engine. It works better than "Easy Start"
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The compounds that the micro-biologist mentioned were "Alkaloids" that attack the cartilage and muscle tissue as I understand it. This was intended as a serious topic that might possibly be helpful to others like me who suffer from joint pain. Keeping away from tea of any sort be it Green, Jasmine ,Lapsang, Gunpowder or what ever else is your tipple will be a great help. Try it for yourself if it makes moving about easier, Whoopee!!
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Let me start by saying that I am not a Food Faddy. However I have been drinking far too much real leaf tea, around 15 to 20 beakers a day. None of your weak wishy washy tea bag stuff but real hard core Tea. Having been on holiday in France and not drinking so much as one cup of the amber nectar(tea that is) my knees and hands stopped hurting and I could walk without pain and my wrists and fingers stopped complaining when I played the beloved Tina.
Soon after I came back from France I sold a Tina to someone who remarked about my ease of walking. I told him the tale of the tea, he was a Micro-Biologist and recounted what was in the tea that was causing the symptoms. I have stopped drinking Tea and the results are brilliant
Hence "No Tea, No Pain"
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Now I have not tried this myself , but,I was talking to a man that repaired Cuckoo Clocks and he swore blind that they used Egg White to repair the bellows on the clocks, I pass this on for what it is worth
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Have a look at this web site www.loc8tor.com
They make little tracking devices with a range of up to 400 metres
It might be useful
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I have a Twin Reeded Lachenal Anglo that is in dire need of tuning,. Does any one have a chart for the differential in the two reeds. HELP
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It will help to cut the "Velvet" on the cross to reduce fraying and I find that Car Boot sales are very good places to get the Velvet from old curtains, well washed and fairly lint free. Border paste is quite good but apply only to the box NOT the fabric
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You can go in the Sweetie Box for this Chris 10 out of 10. Shews what can be acheived with a little dedication and an understanding wife plus a little help from ones friends
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You could try CRAFT SUPPLIES in Derbyshire I have had several lots of good Rosewood from them for just this use. Dont forget that there are some who have a allergy problem with this timber so dust protection may be the order of the day
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If you are prepared to switch to a Midi then you might just be in business.
Try Dean Onyon and his S WAVE in Loughborough England , email me if there is a problem
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Hamish ,He of Holmwood Concertinas, will be interviewed on Radio Orkney on Thursday Feb 18 at 6.10. PM
Perhaps someone can do the blue clicky again.
Nudge nudge John Wild
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It is almost certainly a Chidley,as he was in the timber trade he had a eye for a good bit of wood so to speak(Chris has a photo of Chidleys Timber Yard) and the little hole in the fretwork is a give away
It is most certainly ROSEWOOD surely you can tell "An 'awk from an 'andsaw or yet a Hawk from a Henshaw" Rosewood and Mahogany are just too easy to tell apart. Perhaps one should take a little more water with ones drink so to say.
No offence Chris D
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I think that you are right Alan, perhaps we are looking down the wrong track.
I think that the obvious route is the Midi concertina. The ends could be moulded and I am sure that the pcb would be much cheaper in decent volumes.and the need for bellows would be avoided Methinks a call to Dean will be made in the near future.
I wonder if we could get some Heritage Lottery funding to revise our National Instrument ?
The Midi makes sense as it would be far more learner proof and there would/should be far less maintenance
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Alan,
If you are going to the Barcombe"All Day Sing" this weekend come and have a natter. Look for the loud pullover.
There may be an idea that pops out, who knows.
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Lets try again.
I remember Griff Jones(he who stopped them selling Cecil Sharpe House) bringing John Townley to see me, I gave John a sample of I X E F to try to make reeds and or shoes.It did not work, but then I didnt think that it would.
Hamish Bayne made a reed pan out of Acrylic as an experiment, that too did not work.
The idea is good but there is not a polymer around that would do what we would want it to do.
I had some long conversations with Rich Morse regarding a Moulded Bellows, I think that this is a possibility but the Tooling is a nightmare. There are materials around that would be good for the bellows but fixing it to the end frames is a problem.
Yes it would be possible to mould the end frames on to the bellows but again the tooling would be a bit of a problem.
The material of choice for "Short run" tooling is Aluminium and it isnt really"Short run" we have mouilds in ally that have made in excess of 600,000 sanding blocks or 200,000 Wallpaper Paste Tables and these are 1800mm x600mm.
Some of us have been talking about this project for many years, but unlike the"Mary Ellen Carter" she aint going to rise again
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Why stop at the reed base? Why not a one-piece molded base and reed? Sounds goofy, but Finn Magnus was making all-plastic harmonicas 50 years ago. They are reputed to have had terrible sound, of course. But advances in plastics/synthetics over the past half-century should make it possible to mold reeds/bases with incredible precision. The result would be a humidity-proof, pub-proof, perfect-for-Morris-dancing, nearly indestructible concertina!
My thoughts entirely. The reeds would have to be slid in after manufacture as the temperature would effect the hardness.
I sold to the plastics industry for many years and the advances in this industry cannot be dismissed that easily.Even the bellows could be blow moulded.A cheap hard wearing, robust, waterproof concertina starts to sound very attractive to the educational industry (and Morris) .The down side is the tooling costs, but soft tooling (made of mild steel)are quite capable of turning out hundreds rather than thousands to gauge the response at a reasonable price.Someone will do it one day
Al
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Radio Orkney will be doing an hour long interview with Hamish in January 2010.This is an early warning so that you can work out how to access it on Radio Orkney.
I will keep you posted on the progress.
I will try to work it out myself and post details A S A P but feel free to help
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Buy Dave Elliotts book, then buy a cheap 2 row or tutor and then learn.
Perhaps Newarke College may do a course, but "learning by doing" on an instrument of little value is a very good method.
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There is a Rail alternative
St Pancras to Hanover for around £200