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    Band names

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Thanks John what's the derivation , id it strong as in hefty, or is to hold? Just wondered

     

    Cheers

    Mike

     

    According to my etymological dictionary of German. Heft, or hefti in Old High German, is a noun derived from the verb root heben, or OHG heven, heffan, Gothic hafjan, in its sense of 'take hold of' or 'grab'.

     

    Ian

    Band names

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    The first band I was in was called The Electropathic Battery Band. Electropathy is the use of electricty to promote health, and the original Electropathic Battery Band was a battery-powered hatband which was supposed to send a healthy charge through the body (I kid you not). Someone thought this would be a good name for a band - in my defence I wasn't in the band at that time. Later we shortened it to The Electropathics and our album was called "Batteries not Included".

     

    Electropathics MySpace page

     

    When my current band first formed we practiced in a pub called "The Swan with Two Necks", and when we were trying to think of a name we looked for swan connections as inspiration. The obvious ones having already been taken, we eventually came up with Albireo, which is the Arabic name of the star Beta Cygni, the second-brightest in the constellation of the Swan. It apparently means "the beak of the swan". Our logo shows the constellation.

     

    Albireo MySpace page

     

    There is an Italian band called Albireon.

     

    Ian

    OT: the weather

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Is it ok to take my concertina out in this heat?

     

    It´s ok, as long as it´s not sitting unused directly in the sun. I played yesterday, not problem at all - apart from sweaty fingers ;)

     

    Christian

     

    Mine plays fine when it's hot but dislikes the cold. That's the opposite of me.

     

    Ian

    Jehovah Witness Tune

    in Tunes /Songs

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    Jehovah Witness tune as promised

    I have had a lot of fun with this one. It is just slightly altered to make an A & B

    I hope you enjoy it.

    Al

     

    Great playing and great composition. I wish I had three hands too (or is it six fingers to each hand?)

     

    Ian

    For the birds

    in General Concertina Discussion

    Posted

    Blimey! When I opened this thread I had the idea that perhaps someone had composed a ditty for LDT or one of the other ladies on this forum, but then I realised that such archaic use of the English tongue is now frowned upon, even by cockneys and old timers I think.

     

    Ian

    Advice on buying

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    Concertinas were never designed to fill the Albert Hall or Wembley Stadiu
    m.

     

     

    That is true. However, to my amazement, I have found the Albert Hall to have really bad acoustics, despite having been pupose built for the job. The three South Bank halls are much better.

     

    Ian

    Cases

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    I'm trying to be accomplished regency style:

    Sew

    Play cards

    speak at least one other modern language

    Play a musical instrument

    dance gracefully

     

    No mean feat LDT and an excellent start to the skills necessary in life.

     

    Thinking properly begins when you learn a second language,as you will find out if you achieve this. Dancing gracefuly starts with walking properly and that was something even my age group had trouble with. Fencing sorted me out and then various other similar things.

     

    Ian

    Cases

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    funnily enough that's what my bag is made from

    concertinabagcomplete-1.jpg

     

    That's the snazziest bag I've seen yet for a concertina. Is your melodeon similarly snug?

     

    Ian

    Cases

    in Buy & Sell

    Posted

    The polyester wadding I bought on a local market haberdashery stall; it's about 10 mm thick but squashes down to 1 or 2 mm. I'm told it's normally used for making the lining of padded bras. I bought over a square metre of the stuff, so I've got an quite a lot left over if anyone is into making their own lingerie.

    I think thats the stuff I use for my quilts. ;)

     

    One of your quilts inside a case would do the trick I think LDT.

     

    Ian

    Interesting Book on British Music Hall

    in General Concertina Discussion

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    I recently purchased an antique book called British Music Hall - An Illustrated Who's Who from 1850 to the present day by Roy Busby (Paul Elek London and New Hampshire USA) 1976 (ISBN 0236400533)

     

    A very interesting book, by the sound of it Al, but just to be pedantic, a book published in 1976, is hardly antique, it's just old. ;) To be properly called antique, an item has to be over 100 years old, I believe.

     

    Chris

     

    Thanks Chris. Although I feel somewhat antique at times, obviously I'm not.

     

    Ian

    Neck Cord

    in Ergonomics

    Posted

    If a Concertina neck strap is lkely to cause significant injury to neck vertebrae there must be no end of Saxophonists out there who are dicing with death.

    If that's the purpose of neck straps, then I can see why most bodhran players don't bother with them.
    :ph34r:

     

    Bodhran players are usually causing this pain themselves...

     

    Ian

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