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Chris Timson

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  1. Wow, that's a turn up for the books. Will do, John, when the current medical flap is over. Chris
  2. I'll be celebrating Christmas in hospital with Anne, who is currently an in patient with possible TB. That means I have to wear a mask and a sort of plastic apron when I'm in the same room with her, but we'll do our best. Chris
  3. Well deserved. He was very helpful to Anne on her dissertation on the English Christmas carol. Chris
  4. I've got two Jeffries anglos, one with metal ends and one with wooden ends. I tend to take both to sessions and use the metal ended one on the fast, upbeat tunes and the wooden ended on the waltzes and gentle tunes. Also I have a wooden ended Dipper baritone that I use for song accompaniment. Thus my choices and experience is in line with Simon Thoumire's I should add, though, that you can sweeten the tone of a metal-ended box quite easily by the addition of leather baffles. These are easy to fit (though not something you could put on or take off on stage) and have more effect on the tone, IMHO, than whether the ends are metal or wooden. Somebody (I can't remember who but it might be Danny Chapman?) devised wooden panels that could clip to the outside of his metal-ended Aeola so that he could change the tone on the fly. Chris
  5. I've been to Gardiner - Houlgate sales, they're only about 20 minutes drive from me. They frequently have concertinas up for auction but you'll never get a bargain there. The Usual Suspects bid in the auctions by phone or via the auctioneer and they have a very, very good idea of the value of what they're buying. Chris
  6. I was the fourth, having bought it from Peter for £1300 as I recall (I think I've still got the receipt somewhere), and sold it to Mark early on this century. Mark, I'm glad you're playing it. It is a lovely box. Steve D. once told me that he made only a very few 6 sided 40 button boxes and I remember it as a real gem. When Anne and I used to gig it was my main instrument and went over to the States with me on three occasions. I rather regret selling it, TBH, but I needed the money to fund a gradual return to normal life after a stroke. It would be wasted on me now, though, as I mostly play G/D nowadays, or my C/G baritone, and just sold my last C/G treble to a friend because it wasn't being used. So do please play it for both of us. Cheers, Chris
  7. Likewise, but we're down to run a session that night. Que sera sera ... Chris
  8. Ah, rats! That'll be Frank and Corrie's place, won't it? We'll be in the area right up to the previous Monday! Never mind, they're great people and you'll have a good time with them. Chris
  9. That's the figure I came up with in the end. Yes it is a particularly nice one. I'm letting it go to a good friend for a little less than that because I want him to have it. Cheers, Chris
  10. My feeling also. Thanks all. Chris
  11. No thoughts, anyone? Ah well ... Chris
  12. Hi all, I'm a bit out of touch on prices nowadays. I have a 40 (yes, 40) button rosewood ended Lachenal C/G anglo. It's in good condition and the action is unusually slick for a Lachenal rosewood. I'm selling it to a friend and I want to ask a price that is fair to both of us. Anybody know what would be a fair price for such a box in England (not Ireland ) TIA Chris
  13. We have regular sessions in Bath and Bradford on Avon (and a decent spare bedroom) happen you should come over our way. Cheers, Chris
  14. You will find that class compliant audio devices (i.e. devices that don't need drivers because drivers are already incorporated in the OS) are only capable of 16 bit recording. OTOH they don't need drivers so you just plug them in and off you go. So if the Yeti Pro can work at 24 bit then you will almost certainly need to install a driver. Yer pays yer money ... The foregoing is true for both Mac and PC. Chris
  15. I've not much knowledge about USB mics, my experience is mainly in the studio, but from that experience I would say it is worth getting something capable of 24 bit recording as that will make setting your recording levels much easier. On the other hand it's not really worth going above a sample rate of 44.1 kHz, despite what the marketeers might tell you, you won't get any significant increase in audio sound quality. Chris
  16. A very good conclusion to some very interesting play. Congratulations, Stuart, on a beautifully timed reverse double back flip. I see Samantha agrees, and it's a brave man who disagrees with Samantha. Well, as I had said before, I had thought the Charles Wheatstone Memorial Mornington Crescent Games had run out of steam. I am delighted to have been proved wrong. The games will retain their place on the UK primary circuit, and next year in February I shall be calling on Stuart Estell to set the initial parameters and make the first move of the Eleventh Charles Wheatstone Memorial Mornington Crescent Game. Chris
  17. Oh yes, sorry about that. We've had the builders in replacing a roof, which they've insisted on doing in accordance with the Waverley Rules of 1837 (no diagonals except on Thursdays) and you can imagine the confusion that has caused. Anyway, to the matter in hand. Triads, of course, are a subset of quadrupads with all that implies. Hence your triad manoeuvre is indeed unusual because it manipulates quadrupad potentials whilst only invoking three diagonals. I've taken the liberty of writing this up and sending it to Mornington Crescent World for publication, giving you full credit. I imagine the Letters page of the following issue will be well worth a read. Chris
  18. As I've written elsewhere, Dan, I'm a great fan of these Crabbfries 26 button jobbies. A lovely sweet sound but with some power behind it, very different from what you usually expect from Jeffries. I got John Connor to bush mine while he was putting new bellows and it stopped the buttons clacking beautifully - a worthwhile thing to have done, I'd say. Chris
  19. Mr Estell, sir. Surely you are aware that moves on the DLR have been allowed since 1936, hardly surprising the given the prescience of the rulings committee throughout history. Chris
  20. "Wild" card? It seems to me that such a card would be quite domestic. Wild meaning peaceful just like bad meaning good. Sorry about that. Game jargon creeping in. I think a bit of forthwith proceeding would be desirable, ladies and gentlemen. Chris
  21. To CrP. Your comment has considerable merit and shows some understanding of the detail of the game. I should say that context is everything, and the context here is Wimbledon. David clearly spotted the hidden diagonal leading from Wimbledon to Chingford via East Ham, Morden and Chester le Street - very well hidden as I say, so much so that many players would have gone to Hackney Wick, missing the fact that the hidden diagonal would immediately put them in nip. Selecting a southern gateway enabled David to sever the diagonal very cleanly and sets him up for a double reverse orbital later in the game. I hope that clarifies the matter. Chris Edited to add PS: it isn't too late to join the game if you wish. I think everyone would be happy if I gave you a wild card - one of those pretty ones with a kitten doing something cute on it.
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