Wolf Molkentin

Are you acquainted with the approach of our member Randy Stein on that tune? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgaghXuAB4M Always liked this freely playing a lot... B.t.w., feel like your gently done "As Time Goes By" might inspire me trying some jazz myself...

A very small one therefore...

Or you might empty some bottles (can't find a better word right now) of fluid hand soap and use their internal tubes... (which worked quite well with my own eBay-acquired Stagi back then).

and - at least in the case of my instrument and its narrow hexagonal garage - the 'tina itself as well (which I'd have to kind of spill otherwise, and vice versa). I'd suggest the benefit of a suitable place behind a locked cabinet door or so...

That's quite surprising news... but being an open-minded person I already had replaced "never" with "hardly" in advance...

hardly, as an edeophone would be built by Lachenal, whereas your father's Wheatstone may rather answer to the name "Aeola"... P.S.: Thanks for the name and ABC, tallship!

nice lil' hornpipe you play..., enjoyed it! (sure you don't wanna keep up with it?) p.s.: I own two harmoniums (though I'll have to part with the lesser one in the near future...)

I have not followed the entire thread, so just a guess: an arrangement for cba...

"doesn't sound" might be a not too serious affair, as I had detected some stray grains of sand between the non-sounding reed and the reed shoe back then. Had been just a bit tricky reaching all those poor stricken reeds...

I own a similar "toy" and enjoy very much playing it. Congratulations! Fills the gap between the little (more or less) boxes and that huge church organ I used to play... - just in the living room... But I'll have to work on the bellows too after kicking 'em for some ten years...

That depends. Do you whish to accompany your own (or someone else's) singing or rather do some instrumental soloing? How does your musical "thinking" basically work? Apart from that, I renew my hint at the formidable approach by A. L. LLoyd (applying an English Concertina, which I personally find very suitable for that nautical stuff): ...and may you be lucky to get your copy (if you wished so)!

Again, thank you for the ongoing effort! Looks quite tricky indeed...

Doesn't the Salvation Army have campaigns (and some of them in tropical regions)? Just a guess... Just like me! How do you like yours?

In case your question is still open: Sounds like F Mixolydian, which has just one note differing from the Major (or "Ionian") scale/mode: the minor seventh, i.e.: Eb (playing in G Mixolydian would thus need no flats or sharps at all, just the natural notes = white keys or EC middle rows). edited to say: sorry, just missed page 2...

That is exactly my notion (and what I use to do myself frequently, of course). Nevertheless, I'd agree with Dirge on the impression of a certain fear occuring of and thus restraint from using staff notation. I find it usefull to point out that the difficulties and limitations resulting of that refusal overshadow the avoided efforts by far.

So thank you - again, aside from your inspiring playing - for letting me learn both about those strange instrumnents and the abilities of my fellow forum members to tell a weedy joke from unexpected news! I'll improve on that myself, I promise...

Now being aware of this thread, I must confess my admiration too. Never imagined a complex piece like this (one of my all-time-favourites) sounding that great on concertina... B.t.w., you're only wrong with the "Crotales", which are apparently bell-like percussion instruments. Or did I miss a joke?

That would be my first guess indeed (but it will sound prettier as well then..., just because of the "look"). Again, why not go for one of the cheaper vintage ECs? I am very happy with mine (which ain't a cheap one admittedly).

"Made in China"...; the overall quality of these boxes has been discussed elsewhere on CNet. From the pic it looks quite large and will be heavier than other boxes then. This might have increased your "problem". Perhaps you should go for a "tutor" model Lachenal instead, which you may very well be able to buy at a similar price. I myself had gotten familiar with playing the EC whilst sitting prior to having one, but here is the guy who straightly convinced me of the feasibility of holding the instrument between my two hands: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBuM8yGg2nw I find it suitable rotating the 'tina towards the tumbs a bit to shift its weight thereby. This is very good advice anyway. Go on with it!

So you might go for one of the (as attractive as apparently rare) 48-button "tenor-trebles" omitting just those never ever used buttons on the upper end - if not simply preferring any personally customized solution...

A witty offer you make... but I could only provide one of too many accordions - apart from my own old 20-button-Stagi I wish you all the best, trader!

Lilypond engages the computer with just the same effectiveness, but through a downloadable compiling program. The "code" looks quite similar to the abc format indeed, though it can achieve a much better outcome (as said elsewhere, for the purpose of making beautiful looking sheets). I can very well remember having fallen into sort of a rush therewith, but sadly couldn't tell how I did it back then any more... Anyway, I'd like to provide the link (with an instructive manual included) within this new thread again. I myself shall have another go with it...

Conspiracy! Seriously: There is another huge advantage: you can change and transpose ad libitum... I liked lilypond very much, but cannot hope it will replace the "abc" format at some time or another... (o.k., I know it is meant for making beautiful looking sheets more than sharing some music...)

So we'd better avoid offering him the membership...

I reckon that's why we use that "abc" camouflage - just preparing for illegality...