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sounds like i'll have to get some expidited shipping on the repair manual, man up and learn to tend to issues as they arise myself. on the left side one reed fails to fully sound(higher pull G) and on the right just yeaterday a reed started continuasly sounding (regardless of if the buttons down) i was warned california weather isn't always exactly hospitable to concertinas, but i've done my best to keep it from getting to dry or hot in the room where it's living.(its a newly acquired 32button llachenalc/g, and has already brought no end of joy!)I'll update if i can manange to muster the courage to take a look inside(hate the idea of accidentaly damaging anything in there) p.s.-i should mention the box was superb on arival, so i'm inclined to think the weather or alot of continuos play mite be the culpurate??

any one know of any competant concertina repair person in the sacramento area?>

get down with your bad self!

Some one once told me in a pinch the dial tone is close enough to such and such a note that you can tune a guitar to it relatively easily.

The fact that the Anglo concertina seems to have been overwhelmingly associated with 'Folk' music, Morris music and Irish traditional music provides no logical reason to fear that if interest in these styles of music were to seriously decline the Anglo concertina itself would necessarily be heading for oblivion... but, as things are at present, it would obviously have a significant effect. I guess that there are those like myself who have very limited interest ( if any ) in Folk, Morris or ITM yet derive endless pleasure from playing ( or at least attempting to play ) the many other totally different styles of music to which the Anglo is equally well suited. I couldn't agree with you more rod.And as for availability, one of those cheap chinese boxes has lasted me years and given me dialy enjoyment the hole time.That being said can't wait to make an upgrade!

it seems pretty limited whe you think along the lines of people inovating within the traditional syles already established. I think the more unique and original music that is written with or for any kind of concertina, the brighter it's future becomes.

I think you should find both a brass and steel reeded anglo of the same size, and simply swap an end. I did this with my crummy chinese english and anglo boxes (the screw holes matched up perfectly). wait, so the end product of that switch was two half anglo half english concertinas??

Bravo! what tunes do you figure the angel of death would enjoy playing?

wow very pretty.

we're there any peices written specifically for this instrument?

wow!!!what a sound.

Does anyone own one or know where i could go on the net to hear how one sounds? Are these the sort of thing that aren't generally restored due to their historic importance?to play on a fully functional instrument that old would be something else!

thanks for the link greg. I think you're right in that it would be an easier way to acomplish the more balanced chrod to melody thing i was talking about. Still curius about the way brass and steel would sound together, but i didn't even think about that different amount of time they'ld take to respond etc. just something neat to think about i guess.

Would it be possible to construct a 20 key anglo with brass reeds on the left side and steel on the right so you could sustain full chords without drowning out single line melodys on the right side? would this even be the case? i can see how tunes that go from one side to the other would come out sounding a bit odd, but i think playing simple chord/melody style with both kinds of reeds would sound real nice.

i too could not see anything about the original post that was in questionable taste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70fwBun8slM...feature=related he starts gettin down to business around the 1.30 second mark.

jeremy barnes of "a hawk and a hacksaw" comes to mind. He plays a piano accordian, not a concertina, but has an extensive drumset rigged up with foot pedals and varius bells and shakers attached to him.the kicker is how complex/fluently he manages to play all the stuff at the same time.

i think if i sold all of mine i'ld still be a couple grand short ,probly a good thing as i actually would be tempted to do that. what a pretty thing!!

-the fish doesn't look quite as thrilled as you do......

interchangeable reedpans?? its like having two concertinas in one!

Very good, Henrik!!! I should add that Lachenal did their own name brand identification, particularly in english systems, with models such as "The Inimitable" with rosewood ends and corner fleurettes and "The Excelsior" which was similar but in ebony. I believe there was also a "Journet" and we are all familiar with New Models that could be in rosewood or ebony or metal ended. The Lachenal and Wheatstone concertina "Ad Wars" may have reached a zenith with Aeola and Edeophone. You could hardly go wrong with either one. I have not played dozens of examples of each but the ones I have tried lead me to different expectations of sound color but not necessarilly differences in response or quality. (Mahogany sound boards on the Edeophone?) Greg wasn't their at some point talk of naming the buttom end english lachanel "the peoples concertina"(at the advice of lachanels wife if i remember right)

thanks Greg that's basically what i expected.i guess what i was really trying to get at is "two hypethetical concertinas with the same reeds, action etc. but different kinds of wood used, would there be a huge difference in sound if this was absolutely the only thing different about them,it's seems like the awnser would be not really much.

I know generally the rosewood lachanels are of higher quality then the mahagony ones. my question is, is this soley because rosewood being the more expensive wood, the craftmanship was superior, or does the choice of wood play a big part in and of itslef in tinas?

the plot description seems pretty radiculous but i'ld probably go more then a litlle out of my way to see it.

"Is hip-hop modern? It's a rip off from African traditional dances." not true.