Chris Timson Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 For all Jeffries duet fans here. I shan't be bidding, due to a brief outbreak of poverty I am currently afflicted with. Get your sniping sites warmed up and ready! Chris
JimLucas Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 For all Jeffries duet fans here. I shan't be bidding,.... I am also unlikely to be able to bid. Wish I could; it looks lovely. And I hate to think of some butcher succumbing to mad-box disease and trying to turn it into an anglo.
Chris Timson Posted June 2, 2004 Author Posted June 2, 2004 And I hate to think of some butcher succumbing to mad-box disease and trying to turn it into an anglo. Amen to that! Chris
Clive Thorne Posted June 2, 2004 Posted June 2, 2004 What do you guys think this should go for on the open market? I don't want to get all excited about it when its likely to go well out of my range! Clive.
Chris Timson Posted June 3, 2004 Author Posted June 3, 2004 Up until recently I would have said about 1000 pounds, which is what made them so attractive to the butchers. But the last couple I have seen have gone for rather more. This is probably a good thing as it shows they are being valued more for themselves. I hope so, anyway. Chris
Clive Thorne Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 (edited) I hasten to add that I would be interested in it as a duet!! _ I would not be modifying it other than to make sure it was in concert pitch - THough I'm sure that even that could spawn a long thread of its own!. Clive. Edited June 3, 2004 by Clive Thorne
Guest Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Could someone please explain to me the different between the Anglo and the Duet as I have never really understood it. With thanks Morgana
JimLucas Posted June 3, 2004 Posted June 3, 2004 Could someone please explain to me the different between the Anglo and the Duet as I have never really understood it. English: Same note push and pull on any given button, but scale alternating evenly between the hands. Anglo: Different notes push and pull (at least on most buttons). Some mid-range notes may be found in both hands, but that may be considered more of an accident than a design prinicple. Duet (of which there are several different layouts, but all fitting this description): As with the English, the same note push and pull on any given button. But as with the anglo, low notes generally in the left hand, and high notes generally in the right hand. Also as with the anglo, there is always some overlap between the left-hand and right-hand ranges (from 3 notes on a 35-button Crane duet to 1½ chromatic octaves on an 80-button Maccann duet). Brian Hayden's article contains keyboard-layout illustrations of various "duet" systems, though not all in examples with comparable ranges. (It also leaves out the Pitt Taylor designs and includes the Linton system, which is -- strictly speaking -- not a duet system, but those a quibbles. It's a good sampling.)
Daniel Bradbury Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 Not knowing much about the Duet system by Jefferies, I have a question about this instrument. It appears that either the air buttons are played by the little finger or that the straps are on the wrong side. Which is the correct assumption? I guess I could have gone to one of Jim's referenced web sites, but out of laziness I pose the question here.
Robin Harrison Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 As far as I can tell, one button under each thumb and correct hand-straps;so just the same arrangement as an anglo. Robin
JimLucas Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 It appears that either the air buttons... Daniel, I think you're viewing it wrong. Everything looks normally placed to me. The darker photo (31_1_b.jpg) is the right-hand end, with the air button by where the thumb should be. The thumb button on the left-hand end (t2_1.jpg) would be just a regular note
Daniel Bradbury Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 You are probably right, Jim. Its just that on most Anglos, the strap narrows down at the thumb end. Thanks.
David Barnert Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 And I hate to think of some butcher succumbing to mad-box disease and trying to turn it into an anglo. Amen to that! At the moment, it looks like Paul Groff has the high bid, so it looks likely to wind up in good hands.
JimLucas Posted June 4, 2004 Posted June 4, 2004 Its just that on most Anglos, the strap narrows down at the thumb end. And on duets. The straps in those pictures aren't pulled tight; they're both folded over at the thumb end, so the wider "middle" section is covering the folded-under narrower part.
Clive Thorne Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 At the moment, it looks like Paul Groff has the high bid, so it looks likely to wind up in good hands. Unfortunately I suspect that the real bidding for this item hasn't really started yet. But lets not start the 'last minute bidding/sniping' debate all over Clive
JimLucas Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 ...lets not start the 'last minute bidding/sniping' debate all over I'm trying to contact eSnipe, to see if they can automatically submit my debate entry during the last 7 seconds ... so that no one else will have time to overtop my arguments.
Clive Thorne Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 Actually Jim, you might have hit upon an idea there; Have threads with set closing dates! it would help stop the long winded 'argueing the toss' type thread - though to be honest these have not been a problem in the last few months. Clive
Lester Bailey Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 it would help stop the long winded 'argueing the toss' type thread - though to be honest these have not been a problem in the last few months. Clive Oh! yes they have
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