David Levine
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I totally agree with my pal Chris. I play fiddle as well as concertina and The Foxhunter sits perfectly on the fiddle. While Frank is correct in the value of generally addressing tunes in friendlier concertina keys, it's better to start right out learning tunes in the key of A and learning to use both the high G# as well as the left hand G#. Isn't this why there are thirty buttons?
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Thanks. Listening to it now. Lovely playing. Haven't heard all the tracks but what I have heard are lovely. Rock Epping is outstanding. The Duke of Leinster set is really sweet. Pure Drop start to finish on this set anyway. I love Out on the Western Plains. It ain't Leadbelly but it's still pretty good. Great setting of Bruce Molsky's "Shove the Pig's Foot (a Little Closer to the Fire). This is also a great setting too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr4_GtWt1AI
Deezer.com is a great reference. Thanks again for that.
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I don't know Ed Strander personally but we have corresponded over the years. I have had nothing but positive experiences with him. I have never felt that he was in any way "icky" or misleading. Nothing he said ever struck me as negative. There must have been a misunderstanding somewhere along the line. Or perhaps I am the one not understanding something.
Whatever, this is just to offer some support to anybody who is considering dealing with Ed.
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"...a Pelican Stormcase i2075 can be adapted and is totally airtight. "
And if your plane goes down there a good chance that the instrument will survive and float to some distant shore....
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Thanks-- it is lovely. I heard the clip a few years ago. She must be mighty these days.
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Went to look at it and got this:
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Dipper
in Buy & Sell
Got to be a scam....
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This little festival is more fun than the average English person can tolerate.
What with the lovely weather and so many great players in Bradfield this weekend there will probably be enough fun to make the British positively suicidal.
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I totally agree. I hate having to force the sound. I feel that trying to be heard reflects negatively on the phrasing and the lift. This is true of both flute and concertina. The music is best played from within the comfort zone and when you are "trying" for volume then you are probably reaching past what is comfortable.
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Both Mark Davies and Stephen Chambers have handled many of these concertinas. Mark Davies said that there is no mistaking the raised ends, the low, smooth action, and the care taken in tuning the reeds. Boyd was specific in choosing which people at the Lachenal workshop would be doing the tuning and there is no mistaking the clear, bright sound of such reeds.
I will of course refund the purchase price if a buyer is dissatisfied with this instrument.
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No pictures yet. But I thought I'd mention:
This is a full 56 button instrument on a concertina the size of a 48 button box. It is lovely to hold and to play. The workmanship inside is very fine, to accommodate the reeds and the action. It has the low action and slightly raised ends characteristic of a Boyd instrument from this period.
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I have a splendid Harry Boyd Lachenal English concertina, 56 buttons, in excellent condition. It does not look as if it has been played very much, but I could be wrong. It is on the small side. It is very bright, clear, and responsive. It comes in the original (tattered) square leather case. I am offering it at €1,900 (£1,650). I have been told that this is a very fair price for one of these instruments in excellent condition.
It belonged to a family in Rothbury, which is about 25 miles from Harry Boyd's shop in Newcastle. The concertina was purchased from Harry Boyd and it sat on a shelf, rarely played, for most of its life. Although the name "Harry Boyd" is not worked into the fretwork on the ends I have been assured by Mark Davies, Stephen Chambers, and other people more knowledgeable than I am, that this instrument is without question one that came from Harry Boyd's music shop.
I would be keeping it, since it is such a splendid player, but it has been years since I made the switch from English to Anglo. The thought of relearning the English concertina at this point is too confounding. I will post pictures at some point this weekend.
Greetings from the ever-mad Willie Clancy Week. Thank God it's just a week....
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Whoops-- Mark Davies tells me that this concertina is an extended treble and not a tenor-treble. I am sorry about that.
It is a small-sized concertina- much smaller than the usual 56 button concertinas. It does have a bright, clear sound.Pictures coming tomorrow... I hope.David -
Only not "...located next door to Friel's (though it says Lynch over the door)..."
Stephen Chambers has moved again, to the Ennis road. It is still McNeill's Music.
This is where I will be showing concertinas and flutes through Willie Week, in a space shared by Chambers and The Brushstroke Cafe. Best iced coffee in Ireland! Thousands of tchotchkes ... And the best collection of flutes and concertinas anywhere on the planet ....
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Speaking of " tenors and/or TTs" -- I have a splendid Harry Boyd Lachenal English, 56 buttons, in excellent condition. Very little played. This instrument would be a 9 on the scale of 1-10, with 10 being fresh from the workshop. In the original (tattered) square leather case. I will be offering it at about €2,000 (subject to change), which I have been told is a very fair price for one of these instruments in such splendid condition.
It belonged to a family in Rothbury, which is about 25 miles from Harry Boyd's shop in Newcastle. The concertina was purchased from Harry Boyd and it sat on a shelf, rarely played, for most of its life. Although the name "Harry Boyd" is not worked into the fretwork on the ends I have been assured by Mark Davies, Stephen Chambers, and other knowledgeable people that this instrument is without question one that came from Harry Boyd's music shop and one that shows several features identifying it as such.
I would be keeping it, since it is such a splendid player, but it has been years since I made the switch from English to Anglo. The thought of relearning the English concertina at this point is too confounding. I will be making a separate post for the sale of the concertina but since the topic here regards "tenors and/or TTs" I thought to mention it....
Greetings from the ever-mad Willie Week. Thank God it's just a week....
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I wouldn't play it either.
But is £1,300 a bargain?
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I thought that I just clicked the link. But when I did it now I got:
Oops! Google Chrome could not find eb4ay.comI don't think I logged into a false site - rather I probably did a search, though I can't remember clearly now. I do not like the new link between my eBay account and my Paypal account. Every time something is made easier it makes the process more easily hacked by those fuckers.
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That is a very pretty instrument. Bill does lovely work and his prices are very fair.
I am happy to praise his skills. I heartily recommend him for repair and restoration.
He has worked on several instrument for me and I've been happy with all that he's done.
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I am not offended. Far from it. I thought the vid was funny and very well done. I gave a couple of bucks, as I would to any busker who tickled my fancy. I don't see how anybody could fail to be impressed by, if nothing else, Dave's chutzpa. Plus he made me smile the whole way through. I posted it on thesession.org and touted it to some email contacts. I hope it goes viral and he gets his concertina.
But through all this, the thought of panhandling for concertina change never occurred to me. Maybe that's because most normal people don't have the creative instincts of the man from Maine.
Go, Cat Dave!
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I don't much like the foam that you pluck out, that comes with the case. I buy the case without the foam for about $20-25 less than if it came with the foam. I prefer to use sheets of 1" thick foam that you can buy in sheets at almost any fabric shop. You might be able to buy something suitable at a home-builders store. It is easy enough to cut it to size and glue it inside the case. I buy the felt lining at a fabric shop and use contact cement and a paint brush to secure the foam to the sides of the case, and then glue the felt lining over the foam. It takes about an hour all told. But I do it in stages to let the odor of the cement dissipate over a couple of days.
I should add also that I love Greg's cases, and Fallon's cases as well. They are certainly lighter and more attractive than the Pelican Storm cases.
The Air Button....and When
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Good concertinas are very airfficient.