Concertina Morse layout and specification.

[carlovian]

Hi, I am upgrading from a starter concertina Rochelle to next level. My cash situation will only max out to a Morse which appears to be a very good company. I have some queries you might be able to help with:

 

I plan to go for the Morse Ceile anglo but as it is made to order I am not 100% sure of what I should order spec wise - any advice most welcome

 

Would a Morse hold it's value over time?

 

Layout wise is Jefferies ( with the extra c#) better than wheatstone layout.

 

Thanks for your help which is appreciated

[Bill N]

Hi, I am upgrading from a starter concertina Rochelle to next level. My cash situation will only max out to a Morse which appears to be a very good company. I have some queries you might be able to help with:

 

I plan to go for the Morse Ceile anglo but as it is made to order I am not 100% sure of what I should order spec wise - any advice most welcome

 

Would a Morse hold it's value over time?

 

Layout wise is Jefferies ( with the extra c#) better than wheatstone layout.

 

Thanks for your help which is appreciated

 

No advice to offer re: Wheatstone vs, Jeffries, but I can report as someone who was thinking of buying a used Morse, and following their sales for a period, they seem to get snapped up in pretty short order for close-to- new prices. But now that I have one, I can't imagine selling it.

[Fergus_fiddler]

I've got a Morse, Jeffries layout, and I'm very pleased with it. Even when I get my Suttner I don't think I'm going to sell it, it's a lovely beast and very easy going. It's not as loud as a Jeffries, but that'll do the job in the meantime & for playing at home without disturbing the neighbours, as well as for not too noisy sessions. You'd not believe when you play a Morse coming from a Rochelle.

 

Please, a question about your nickname: are you from Carlow? I've a spanish friend who lives there and I wonder if you know her...

 

Cheers,

 

Fer

 

Quick edit: If you live in Europe, take advantage of the Euro or Quid respect from the Dollar: I think it wouldn't be always as low as it is now ...

Edited December 2, 2009 by Fergus_fiddler

[Ken_Coles]

A Morse is well worth the money, as are many of the other brands out there now. As for layout, you picks one and uses it for a while. If one were clearly better the other would have vanished by now. I play both, started on Wheatstone, then used Jeffries layout a lot (and still do) but can go back and forth by resetting my brain (mostly it is just where is the C# on the right side), takes maybe 5-10 minutes.

 

Ken

[Michael Reid]

As a player of Irish traditional music, I'm glad that both of my Anglo concertinas, one of which is a Morse, have C# in both directions.

 

Although there are several hundred Morse instruments now in use -- a new one I saw a few weeks ago had a serial number in the 400's, I think -- they seldom come up for sale on this site. You can make of that what you will; I think it's evidence that purchasers are really happy with them and consider them "keepers," even if (like me) they subsequently buy a traditionally-reeded instrument.

[david_boveri]

morses are fine concertinas. i prefer jeffries layout.

[Snorre]

I second everything that has been said. I went from Stagi(Wheatstone) to Morse(Jeffries), and have ordered a Suttner(Jeffries). One "upside" to playing Wheatstone layout, might be that it seems there are more second hand instruments floating around with that layout. On the other side two C#s do come in handy. Anyway, buy a Morse, and you're in for a treat:-)