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Yeah, creating an account is not what you're supposed to do here. He's posted the internal link to the folder, not the public-facing link. Tallship needs to generate a public link and post that for us.

its real shame is it was my 'go to' place for ABC conversion. btw. yep I've been away for a while from cnet, but I'm back. lol Um, the Convert-o-Matic is still there, you know. And welcome back. =)

The Russian tradition is mainly Anglo?? I'm surprised to hear you say so, and would appreciate any supporting information you have. I've always supposed that the Russian tradition was mainly English, principally on the strength of Grigory Matusewich and Pavel Rudakov.

It's quite normal to claim whatever you can get away with. The reason publishers invented copyrights was so that they could claim them. Strike it and send it back. If they want to insist that it's a "work made for hire", then demand your salary. =)

My impression of this fellow's intent is that he's unlikely to have a particular need to play anything in the key of D. Play it all in C and G. If somebody wants to play along, they'll figure it out fast enough. If he really develops a burning need to play a C#, he can pick up his handy mouthorgan in the key of D.

You might find the same beauty in the closely related "Chromatiphone" system.

Interesting! Do you suppose the actions are original?

My understanding of the situation is that none of the earlier examples will have a rivetted action-- Lachenal's shop only used hook-and-lever action. I seem to remember hearing of a few Edeophones that might have a riveted action because they were assembled by the Wheatstone shop after Wheatstone bought out Lachenal... but those, of course, would be the very latest Edeophones, and not the earliest by any stretch. I suppose you could always buy an early Edeophone and pay someone to rebuild the action to your liking, or find one that has undergone a similar operation.

Because it doesn't have them over its whole range.

Just last night I heard an accomplished blues musician say "thank you for letting me play this amazing fiddle" in reference to a nice guitar.

When the melody would cross to the other side, you can just take it up (or down) an octave to keep it on the same side. This works on the English system as well, but it's not a very popular solution with EC players. For some reason. =)

Well, this ain't comprehensive, but maybe it'll start you thinking: http://www.concertinaconnection.com/arranging.htm At any rate, it's specifically about arranging lead sheets for EC.

Surely you don't want it too long, but I wouldn't simply suppose that shorter is better (or even faster). Keep in mind that on the other side of the button is a lever attached to the pad, and shorter button travel distance means a shorter motion for the button-end of the lever. Depending where the fulcrum is, that means that either your pad won't open up as far, or you'll have to push harder on the button-- either one of which could slow down your playing.

I have a lot of fun with " ", but I haven't sat down and made a concertina arrangment that I like. It doesn't seem to need much bass, either-- just just fine on a ukulele, or even the top half of a harmonica.

As wonderful as youtube is, you'll be an awfully long time watching videos before it adds up to supporting the artist. More practical to just mail a fiver to Brighton.

Look at the speckles on the metal joints of the bellows-frames in the first and fourth image. That's not roughness of the surface; it's an artifact of undersampling the reflected rays. I spent several years in the employ of the computer graphics research laboratory at my alma mater, and have no reservations in offering as my professional opinion that this "concertina" is the figment of a raytracing engine.

It's not just you. The third finger lacks an independent extensor muscle, for one thing.

Does anyone remember how many keys are on Judy's prototype Hayden for the Button Box? (The Peacock has 42). I wonder whether we will see the Peacock as a kit!

The current description of the upgrade program suggests that the English hybrid model will be called the Rose-- as proposed here by Boney nearly two years ago!

Ho! And here I expected the Peacock to by a hybrid English model! Concertina Connection comes up from behind, beating the Button Box to the punch with a commercially-available Hayden duet!

This effect is also increased in conditions where the airflow is constricted-- like if you play a low note, pulling air hard, but only press the button down a little bit, to keep the pad right next to the hole. Chris & Frank have identified several other factors at play. I wonder how much of a role airflow plays. I doubt there's anything to be gained from redesigning hole sizes on an existing instrument, but you might check your key travel to see that you're getting enough clearance?

I understand that the construction of harmonium reeds is more similar to the concertina than that of accordions. Harmoniums come in sizes from quite small to rather large, and prominently feature piano-style keyboards.

He's having it valved with peacock tongues. And installing a servomotor-assist on the action levers.

I've never done it myself, but it looks like Lulu, CafePress, and The Book Patch will all print books to order for pretty cheap.

Makes me want to take a crack at it myself, but I've had trouble rustling up anything to use as a lead sheet. Where did you get your notes? (I presume you went by notes)