maccannic Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Hi, I've just joined this friendly-looking forum, after lurking as a read-only guest for a few years. It was seeing the thread about playing Irish on the duet which finally inspired me, although that thread is a bit long now so I will probably leave it alone. Anyway, I acquired my first and only concertina about 12 years ago, since when I have more or less stopped practising all my other instruments while the 'tina has taken over. It's a Lachenal 'New Model' (i.e. about 1902) 64-key Maccann duet, which really needs a bit of an overhaul but I can't bear to be without it for the length of time that would take, so I soldier on with it anyway. I play all sorts of stuff on it, mostly for my own amusement, including the usual jigs&reels and other dance tunes, slow airs, morris tunes (morris sounds great on it), French, Swedish and whatever else I fancy having a go at (even Irish tunes), also accompanying my good lady wife's singing occasionally. People say the duet, especially the Maccann, is difficult to play, or difficult to learn. But I was very fortunate to be given the name of Pauline Wallace as a contact, and she got me started in the right direction. She impressed upon me the importance of always playing with both hands as much as possible - so many duet players seem to be OK with the tune on the right but don't know what to do with the left. I'm looking forward to contributing my occasional two penn'orth (a British expression, sorry, I'm in S. E. England) on here, while continuing to read the more learned pronouncements from others. Oh, and my avatar - a photo of a statue I found in Bath Abbey (UK) of an angel playing the concertina. Either the statue is a lot more recent than the rest of the Abbey, or else the concertina is very much older than we all thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 A warm welcome from a cold place! We need more info on Duets! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) A pleasure to meet you on here as well as previously in real life Maccanic!! I wonder how many other duet players are lurking in the shadows. May I say that I love your "signature", and that I can appreciate the sentiments! PS Could somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, but I know a picture of that angel playing concertina was posted up here some long while ago, and ,IIRC, it was suggested that it had been modelled on Tim Laycock. (or am I making that up?) Edited January 14, 2010 by Irene S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatFace Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I posted a link a while back to a photo I took of it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I posted a link a while back to a photo I took of it here. Great pictures in your collection Danny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccannic Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) I posted a link a while back to a photo I took of it here. I suppose I might have known I wouldn't be the first. Never mind. Edited to add: And thanks for the welcoming comments. Edited January 15, 2010 by maccannic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Anybody know who carved it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Anybody know who carved it? Here's the previous thread on the subject: http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=7662&start=0&p=75529&hl=bath%20abbey&fromsearch=1entry75529 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Here's the previous thread on the subject: http://www.concertin...h=1entry75529 Hoorah ... thanks Peter! I thought I remembered reading somewhere that the angel in question was Tim Laycock. So presumably that's a Crane Duet that we're looking at?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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