[Hybrid concertina with interchangeable reed pans ?]

Well it might be a little harder. Take a look at the thin slivers of wood between the reeds on Bob Tedrow's site.

http://hmi.homewood.net/twitterzephyr/zephyr3/

Like concertinas with traditional reeds, you need a leather gasket in there and I think it's going to be awfully difficult getting a good gasket on those thin slivers of wood.

I was working on a miniature hybrid concertina last summer and was planning to make it with interchangeable reed pans. So I made the reed pans separate from the action board then screwed them on pretty tightly, there was still plenty of space for air leakage. I didn't want to go to the trouble of trying to get a leather gasket to work, so I ended up gluing them on.

 

-Lep

[Playing in the Irish Style]

Could anyone expound on the "traditional Irish 'ornaments'" that Daniel is talking about?

 

David Boveri did a pretty good job of it in this post (the one that says "Posted 18 October 2009 - 09:46 AM ").

 

Thanks for the clarification Daniel and David, I think I understand ornamentation a lot better now

[Playing in the Irish Style]

Could anyone expound on the "traditional Irish 'ornaments'" that Daniel is talking about?

[Concertina Repair Workshop added for Southeast Tionól]

Wow now I'm really excited about the Tionól this year. The trip out is definitely going to be worth it.

[WTB decent Anglo]

Thanks for clarifying Greg, sorry, didn't mean to misquote you.

[WTB decent Anglo]

Talk to John Mahan

He was trying to sell a 26 button Jones a while back http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=9935

I think he wants around $1200 for it. He got the price from, I believe, Greg Jowaisas (who did some work on the concertina) and I talked to Bob Tedrow who said the price sounded pretty good if it's in good condition.

Hope this helps.

 

-Lep

[Anglo prices]

So how much would a basic 30 button Jeffries fetch these days if it's unrestored but still in playable condition and the key it's in is uncertain?

[Oversize button guidepin holes in the action board]

I'm not much one for using normal wood fillers. Most of the time when woodworking and I need to fill in a hole or ding I just mix some fine sawdust with wood glue. You can make this as thick or thin as you like and it dries nice and hard if you use a good glue like tight bond.

 

-Lep

[does anyone have this new prototype?]

Weren't German and Italian boxes made by lower paid workers in the old days. maybe the Chinese will go the way that yamaha did and end up as desirable items.

 

I understand why a beginner would want a decent cheap instrument and I'm sure 'foreign' components get into quality made brands. Who is 'hand forging' the reeds for most hybrids?

 

I don't know about most, but Frank Edgley and Bob Tedrow use Antonelli which I think are completely made in Italy. Herrington and Marcus just say Italy. But I'm really not sure about the whole 'hand forging'.

[Any players around Jackson, Ten]

Ok, are there any players around Memphis or Nashville?

[Suttner A2 metal ended c/g, Edgley professional Ab/Eb, Wakker midi]

Be careful what you say Azalin, Suttner's wait list is long enough without all the alien orders

[Any players around Jackson, Ten]

In a little under two weeks I'm heading off to college in Jackson, Tennessee and I was wondering if there are any concertina players around there

[Found Jeffries on Gumtree.com (London)]

I think the price is £2,000.

[Dippers]

What exactly is a 40 button anglo? Is it like a C/G/D or something? I played around with a 40 button Jeffries before and couldn't figure out what note was what.

[Dippers]

i think if concertinas were even marginally more popular, then we would never be able to afford the instruments we play now.

Already I can't.

 

I'm with you Jim

[Dippers]

Hmmm, ok. Thanks for the advice and info.

 

Lep

[Dippers]

Does anybody know the current value of a Dipper Clare?

[Airport Security]

I got a laugh out of the comment from the other thread about how the levers looked like wires and the reeds shrapnel. Sorry about this repeated subject.

[Airport Security]

Ok, how many other people have had airport security thinking that your concertina is a bomb or something? I recently was flying across country and couldn't leave my concertina home alone for a week, so I stuffed it in my backpack. The guy at the x-ray machine kept staring, I should say squinting, at my backpack making it go back and forth in the machine. He even called a buddy of his over to look at it too. Then, finally called a bag check.

[Pieces from the Lord of the Rings]

No that's ok, I'll just have to work at it a bit.

[Pieces from the Lord of the Rings]

Thanks for the music. Not the easiest to play on the anglo though.

[Lachenal measuring across the flats]

Thanks, a simpler answer than I expected.

[Lachenal measuring across the flats]

I'm just curious on how big lachenals are across the flats. I'd like to know the measurements of the Anglo 26, 28 and 30 button models.

 

Thanks,

Lep

[Difference between the playing styles of English and Anglo concertinas]

Care to name the book?

 

A while back I was asking for simple session tunes and Simon H gave me a link to Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook. I had forgotten to put that I play Anglo and this book was done from the viewpoint of an English player.

I asked this question because I was wondering if I could play all the tunes from this tunebook and because I had never really found out what the key differences were of how these two instruments are played.

[Difference between the playing styles of English and Anglo concertinas]

So, I was just glancing at a book of traditional music that the author wrote from the viewpoint of playing the English concertina. Now my question is, what is the main difference in playing styles between the English and Anglo? Can they really do basically the same thing? Can an Anglo player play all the tunes in a book written from the viewpoint of an Anglo player?