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shelly0312

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  1. ...ohhh, I like that a lot.....wish she was closer and could do one of me....
  2. .....nevertheless, you can see the "family resemblance"..... Never try to compete with Greg Jowaisas....
  3. uummmm, I'm thinking that "tube" map might make a nice quilt .....?? oh, different hobby....sorry.....
  4. ....don't forget, Peter Dunk, continues to challenge us with "...something for the weekend".....these tunes are always fun, often very challenging, and stretch fingerings.... thanks Peter!!
  5. >I think it is the fanciest concertina I have ever handled. ...yikes, I think that is saying A LOT......!!! Now we will all have to be watching you listings?
  6. That image of Shaun the Sheep with concertina is great--it even has the expression of intense concentration that we all seem to exhibit.....!
  7. .....OMG Shaun the Sheep has his own full length movie. I'm sure it was someone here that got me started watching his "shorts" on Tube.....
  8. Wow, Jim; I really appreciate the research you do to give us examples of proposed tunes! Much less finding the tunes themselves. Bravo!
  9. I just relistened to Randy Stein's interpretation of " 'Round Midnight"--Thelonius Monk (this month's TOTM). That is just ...... RIDICULOUS (don't you just sit with your mouth hanging open? ) So, I thought I would go back into UTube and hear other interpretations. There are hundreds, on all sorts of instrumentation. Which then brought up the question: if you recognize the source of a tune that you work around your instrument, do you pay royalities? Did all those musicians do such? or is just the acknowledgement enough?
  10. Dear "Jenny"-H Boyd, I hope you will not be discouraged if this concertina does not have any takers the first time introduced. I think most players have to ruminate a little about these significant purchases. And if the fit is right--said concertina images dance in their brains until they can't stand it any more and they cave and start scrapping funds together (things like: selling first born, homes, autos) I believe a lot of concertina sales take beyond a year to complete. I would also suggest it does not hurt to re-list here in these forums periodically just to remind members that it is still available. What someone was not interested in 2 years ago, might now, today, make perfect sense..... Just some encouraging thoughts...
  11. ...I agree: it almost makes me sad that I do not play anglo! This is a beautiful instrument.
  12. ...and call Greg Jowaisas, a member on these forums. He always has a good inventory of all sorts of instruments, usually any number of "beginner", is always very fair when you want to trade-up, --and does astonishing repairs and rebuilds. He is mid-USA, down across the river from Cincinnati--into Kentucky. I think, an 8-9 hour drive from WI. I am here in SE Wi also, but play English concertina. No one to "play" with.....
  13. Thanks Folks. Not being very "techie", I was trying to avoid the extra step of recording and then uploading. I have done it in the past but not with satisfactory sound results. I realized part of the "not satisfactory" was due to inadequete mics on desktop and IPad. I even went so far as to buy an inexpensive mic--which was just as unsatisfactory. I do have notes somewhere for "blue snowball" mic that was discussed here? But for the amount of recording I would be doing I was not sure I wanted to spend that sort of $. I'll futz some more with my IPad apps and see if I can configure my way with garage band. It just seems to take a lot of steps in that preloaded app. It is not very "intuitive". And I forget from one recording to the next all the steps; so it takes another hour of time to retrain myself. I also have a Mac--pretty new on this system. Did I look up Audacity and it is not written for Mac....? that seems to tickle in the back of my brain. Can you tell: none techie suffering..... I will analyze some more today. later: I am wrong. Audacity is available for Mac. I guess that will be my next step. Thanks!
  14. OK Folks, maybe someone would walk me through SoundCloud. I've had an account forever so I could listen to TOTM. I thought I would try to participate but am not being successful with the "REC" button. I updated adobe flash, I got the SoundCloud app for my desktop, still no joy. All hints will be taken into consideration (pleasepleaseplease).
  15. Hey David, thanks for attaching the review / explanation, and the picture. The pic is wonderful! Jody looks great in costume--and an attentive character.
  16. What a perfect showcase for your talents, Jody. And a nice way to have some visibility for the concertina. Can't you just hear people saying: "...what's that, what's that?..."
  17. how come I cannot pull up some of the ol' games from past years?
  18. Hey , aren't you guys always playing some goofy game in spring-- that I completely do not understand and figured I was too dense to realize was all blarney. It goes on and on about London subway stations...?? (can you tell i'm already getting bored sitting with my leg way high?? played concertina first time in 10 days-- that is the longest I've gone without playing since I've owned one). skipping a year?
  19. ...so is this called a "transposed" bass?... fingering the same, just 2 octaves down...
  20. ......sorry folks, had a bigger fish to fry; bad busted ankle, surgery; elevation issues are limiting my tina play or thoughts of repair. give me a month......
  21. ...I guess I need to look again; but I think these bolts do screw right into the wood, no inset metal cuff receiver for the screw. So with that Stew-Mac screw rescue kit you must have to leave the tina open for a day or two as glued plug drys? Then I get into the worries of the action box changing shape? or is that only a concern if you take out the reed pan? and do you remove reed pan doing such work just to eliminate any possibility of damage?? snort. I see a phone call to Greg J gaining more substance......
  22. .....aren't we lucky to have a number of top notch repairs persons checking our questions on a regular basis......
  23. ....it is my Wheatstone TED (tenor extended down) #35637 mid-50s era. I sort of know about those extractors but to they make them that tiny also??? My eyes are bleeding right now. And thinking back I think I did this myself....auuuugh. Fortunately, I put the box back together and it is actually airtight (for the time being)--it must be some pretty good chamois (??), and immediately wrote Greg J. Now the second question is how much time do you think I have before the pan would start to develop warps? The two not engaged face bolts are exactly opposite each other.....
  24. I am not entirely sure I will tackle this on my own, but I thought I'd ask: I have two faceplate edge bolt/screws that are broken; with the ends still intact in the bolt holes. How do you remove these tiny bits before beginning the process for finding replacement bolts? I have seen broken screw removal systems for regular size household screws--but these are so tiny and seated in such fragile wood. What do the "Masters" do for removal? Thanks in advance.
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