Michael Ducky Raley

Ope! wrong Washington. Had my Eyelids perk up for a minute...

I've also noticed huge disparities across the web in describing what Diatonic means or single/double action in relation to the type of Concertina.

I beleive the look is called 'Pearloid' on my earlier chinese boxes

What happens if you leave the screws loose and rotate while playing?

No, it doesn't creep me out, but I think it is stretching things a little to far! Chris Not according to Neal Adams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjgidAICoQI...player_embedded

somewhat clunky animation

Could you use a male-to-male jack from the minidisk player to your computer sound card and record it as a wave file?. I use a free audio editor called EXP studio to record, then convert it to MP3 using I-tunes.

or 'the World Accordion to Garp' I found out today was supposed to be world Accordion day , although I wasn't sure since there was no corresponding google logo change. As a salute to an accordian player I did make this image albeit using Concertina bellows... I might do a few more frames to make an animated gif. I think it's generic enough to place in the Public domain.

Harlan Glotzer evokes a Carnival sound for his performances with Toy Box Trio but does not wear a clown suit. He plays a Stagi English I believe while his band members play Toy Piano , Viola and sometimes a typewriter www.myspace.com/toyboxtrio However, I did have a red nose ball that was given to me by a gal from Circue Du Soleil , but I haven't seen it lately. One never knows, It might still be on the end of my nose. Ah here it is! understand this is my just my lounging around the house clothes, and before the mustache came back

Harlan Glotzer evokes a Carnival sound for his performances with Toy Box Trio but does not wear a clown suit. He plays a Stagi English I believe while his band members play Toy Piano , Viola and sometimes a typewriter www.myspace.com/toyboxtrio However, I did have a red nose ball that was given to me by a gal from Circue Du Soleil , but I haven't seen it lately. One never knows, It might still be on the end of my nose.

Just picked up the Pocket POD express which provides real time effects. The Pocket POD combines amplifier emulations, chorus, tremolo, delay (echo) , spring & flanger in one device a bit wider than my palm I patch it into my Microvox preamp. A mono plug out to USB cable allows me to record straight on the computer. in this video I am playing the Morse 30 button Anglo with the amp dialed on 'Metal' with a bit of spring.

Looking at the drawing . it must have been a hybrid. It appears 6 or 7 sided on one end and square on the other.

Do you mean The Who? jdms Yes, my apologies , thank you

My cover story is that I could not afford an Ipod. . People have stopped to take my picture with their kids. They take the picture and leave the kids. I sit on a rock at the sea wall and play, like a male Siren luring tourists to their death. People jokingly ask where my monkey is. I sadly explain it was run over by drunkard on a riding lawnmower. Most people unintentionally call it an accordian and I chide them. I explain an accordian is a first cousin of the Concertina, so they cannot legally get married and change their names. Most know 'squeeze box' and and make a semi-lurid gesture as they've all heard that Credence clearwater song. A few have complimented me on my Xylophone playing. I say "thank you" I have made a dollar off of this, although some shill was going to throw his grubby pocket pennies into my new case and I had to ward him off.

I did visit an eccletic music shop in Seattle , picked up a $700 dollar Stagi off the shelf to look at it I did a walk up the scale to get the tone C-D-E-F-G-HONK (b flattish?) try that again C-D-E-F-G-EEK! me: "this concertina is unplayable!" clerk: "well, You get what you pay for"

2015 Shipping companies begin deploying economic wind powered vessels to globally transport hemp products and durable goods. sailors on these vessels come from China and bring low cost chinese Anglo concertinas with them and during the long voyages become very skilled players of hornpipes. Hornpipe dancing becomes a worldwide phenomena outselling pilates and yoga videos and classes combined. 2020 Governments begin crackdown on what it deems wasteful uses of electricity - rock concerts, night football games, carnivals, , television, posting online blogs about the government... Metallica reforms as an all concertina heavy metal band. 2025 obeying his calling , Lars Ronson builds a 70 foot Bose speaker, which the faithful will hide in while the rest of the world descends into a utter hell of chess games, walks on beaches, meaningful discussions at family dinners, and homemade music.

Just got mine earlier in the month, and I concur that out of the box the bellows were very unrestrained. Also of the rosewood stain variety. Handles & buttons - spaced right for for my fingers unlike my mystery chinese 30btn. Buttons have a nice cool rounded top feel that rolls right off. The button holes have bushing low friction. a second air button on the left could have been put in with the option to make it a drone. My left thumb feels so unnaturally out of the action. on the straps I kind wish it had a buckle on top, instead there is a large headed brass screw which makes it difficult to quickly and precisely adjust. I would like to be able to make it a bit tighter or looser as desired, or pass it around so others could experience it. The ends are held on by reasonable flat head screws, so should not become stripped as easily as the phillips heads on said mystery chinese concertina. Even without garnish , gold leaf, & papers it looks nice just as good plain wooden chairs do to people of the right sensability , but people in my neck of the woods generally aren't familiar with these kinds of boxes. Case - typical Black skinned single latch non locking. The concertina lays lengthwise rather than up. Felt lining, not a deep padding. there are four posts inside that brace the concertina. The bellows are 'pushy' to a degree that you have to keep it pressed in with some minor effort while you slide it in between these posts. The outside corners of the case do not have metal covering, so be careful about rubbing/bumping against these edges or the skin will begin to fray. tone- I really haven't heard any differnt models in person, besides my old twenty and thirty button boxes which is not a fair comparison. the factors that I considerd Location - avoiding overseas shipping/ duty and other taxes availability/presence of vendor - waiting list , the up front presence of the builder Some of us can't just walk down the street and into our corner concertina shop , so a good web presence is essential. price / performance class / users level and intent personal tastes This will likely not be my last concertina as I will eventually mold my Concertina persona and will want to uniquely define more of the charectoristics of my instrument .