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I see there are beautiful hexagonal ones. wondering if any were ever made for aeolas. I love the idea of having a hard case that o could easil strap on my shoulder. photo is of Alex Holden’s latest hexagonal case

Hi. I have the same make and model of concertina 57 buttons. May I ask where you found a gig bag to fit it?

Accordion magic roy whitely And eventually I suppose this nova Tina. But I think it’s gonna be a while on that. And also a, sure the crane model will be on the back burner.

Beautiful instrument. I have a wheatstone Crane Aeola from Algar as well. Starts on Low F on each side. Now i am just saving money to get a midi version so i can practice at night without driving people crazy.

I am a crane player. This is tempting…

Can you elaborate on your question? Do you mean you can make them and are asking about the dimensions of my instrument?

Wondering if i could have some made. Is that possible to do without being there in person? I play a 57 button wheatstone crane duet.

THIS WORKS LIKE A DREAM!!!! Actually this will be a game change for me and playing the concertina. When I’m not traveling, I like to take a couple walks a day and now I can take my concertina with me and work on songs or parts of songs (memorizing, or even listening to loops on the Anytunes App) and get exercise, too. It’s very comfortable to play with this harness. Sturdy and no drilling. I added a little extra bit where I put a this strip of neoprene rubber under the Velcro to help with grip, just in case. I haven’t had any slippage, but I guess one could also put a thin pice of strong string that attached to the hand strap to the harness, just in case. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS>

I am in the process of making one of these. So excited. Curious if anyone else who has done this has any thoughts about friction of the bellows and the front of your body? are you holding it out from your body or do you stabilize it on your body?

I’m working on a 57 k crane. But feel I would do well to have a mentor I might meet with from time to time. otherwise I’m just guessing and trying to figure it out myself. Also it motivates me if I have to meet someone from time to time I have tunes I’m working on and want some counsel on mellows control, Chris’s accompaniment. And exercises I should be doing. I have a crane tutor. Which is helpful. But sometime less than inspiring. Best Eric

Super helpful to know. Thanks, Alex Another user who actually had the conversion done confirmed this. So seems possible, but makes the crane a little less quality. Perhaps better to build from scrape. I’ll private Message you about that. Really appreciate you chiming in on this.

Still drooling to see photos

Ok. I just saw the 5cc layout thread and drew out that layout to visualize it and it’s even better in terms of consistency. Not sure how it feels to play, but makes a lot of sense for figuring your way around the board. So many consistent patterns. Very very intrigued. I’m wondering if I would be able to just switch out the order of the reeds, or if I’d have to have someone do some rebuilding in side. I’d love to know someone who’s been playing the 5cc layout for a while.

Hi, my name is Eric. I’m a novice crane duet player, who is working on music theory and learning to play my instrument. I’ve seen discussions about moving notes around on the crane. And did a layout to see what it would look like. I’m assuming that the crane layout was created to make life easier for people who didn’t use many sharps or flats. Since the sharps and flats are on the outside. But there was a discussion someplace on concertina.net about different layouts. I could not get it out of my head as I’m studying theory a bit and realize how much counting is to be done to figure out chords. so I thought I’m make a chart to see what it looked like and saw that if it’s possible to re-order the keys so that it’s always consistent on each column. It seems to me, then, that the new layout would keep all the chord fingerings the same? is this a more logical system according to theory? To have the same pattern ? e.g. the note above is always a perfect 4th. The chords fingering patterns would be consistent on each column. Are there other systems with the same layout? has anyone re-ordered the reeds in their crane to do this? (Im assuming this could be done by just moving the reeds? Is that true?) would this make music theory easier repositioned this way? looking forward to hearing thoughts. 3 photos attached. first is how it is on my crane. second is how the notes would be repositioned. third shows the consistent patterns of semitones going up the rows. (Also- my box is already a bit unusual in that it goes down to F on each side.) Best, Eric

I did have some 3d printed.. they work, but have a bit more friction than the nickel plated originals. I used brown paper to sand them down a bit. Eventually I hope to replace with proper ones, but they have kept it playable.