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All, A few weeks ago, I drifted the following popular thread on tuning accuracy a bit by asking about how to tame my screaming Dipper for playing some Faan Harris boeremusiek. Chris Ghent made a comment that made an impression on me. Maybe a concertina with lesser quality reeds (hence less close tolerances, I suppose, and thus fewer high overtones) would be less screamy. And of course since there are lots of close thirds in the Boer playing that I am learning, perhaps adjust the temperament to something unequal in order to tame the third intervals. After that exchange, I realized that a 1950s Wheatstone that I purchased recently, with which I was initially unhappy, might just do the trick with a little reed work. It is not screechy, and would never do for Irish tunes....but is quite a bit mellower. It is a wooden ended 1951 or so CG 30 button Wheatstone, with a nice 8 fold bellows. I'm hoping Greg J can do his usual magic with a few slow reeds and squeaky bushings.... And so the question is what sort of unequal temperament to use to get the thirds sounding beautimous. Most Boer music of the 1930s used a lot of octaves, and then added a third interval note below the upper octave note to give that characteristic sound...thirds are everywhere. The most common keys that Faan plays in are C G and F, with G being perhaps most common followed by C, and an occasional foray into Bb. I have not seen any use of key of Eb in Faan's playing, as he had only a 30 button (modern players there use 40 as you may know). I don't think I shall ever play a lot of Bb, but one never knows what the future may bring. Bb is a mainstay of modern Boer players. I remember from a thread like this from 6 or 8 years ago that someone had a different suggestion than just using simple quarter common meantone. Was it Chris Ghent? And I also remember that Paul Groff had been doing some hands-on research on tunings of old Anglos. Any suggestions, tuning folks? With pointers to tuning charts, if I may be greedy? Many thanks! Dan