malcolmbebb Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I may be working away from home for a while, and can't be sure how secure my environment might be. So I don't want to take my present box with me but I still want to practice. Looking for a cheap D/G that I won't be too upset if it gets nicked. 20 button might be OK. However, most cheaper boxes seem to be C/G. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? (South/west UK) - don't really have a budget in mind yet, sorry to be vague And I don't have an iPad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDT Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I may be working away from home for a while, and can't be sure how secure my environment might be. So I don't want to take my present box with me but I still want to practice. Looking for a cheap D/G that I won't be too upset if it gets nicked. 20 button might be OK. However, most cheaper boxes seem to be C/G. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? (South/west UK) - don't really have a budget in mind yet, sorry to be vague And I don't have an iPad... Its probably a bit mental but..... get a A4 peice of cardboard draw or print image of buttons, then fold it in half RH on one end and LH on other. At least you can practice the fingering. Silent and cheap. I did a similar thing when wanting to practice melodeon but as I was camping had no where to story it securely, plus not wanting to disturb neighbouring campers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB-R Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I don't think I've come across anything short of things like the Sherwood at about £1000. Conversion could be a possibility. Probably easier at the cheaper end where the reeds are on accordion-like reed blocks. Instruments with flat mounted reeds are less easy to come by anyway, and a C/G might not have space for longer G/D reed plates. G/D reed sets can be obtained..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkvN Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hi, I've seen 20-button Stagi's in DG recently. Might be an option? Cheers, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill N Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 I may be working away from home for a while, and can't be sure how secure my environment might be. So I don't want to take my present box with me but I still want to practice. Looking for a cheap D/G that I won't be too upset if it gets nicked. 20 button might be OK. However, most cheaper boxes seem to be C/G. Anyone got any ideas/suggestions? (South/west UK) - don't really have a budget in mind yet, sorry to be vague And I don't have an iPad... I bought a 20 button G/D Scholer c. 1990 a couple of years ago. It was very cheap (under $100 canadian) and not as bad as you might think. 2 reeds per key. Was a good camping concertina until I gave it to a local military museum for their "Music in the Trenches" school programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmbebb Posted November 25, 2010 Author Share Posted November 25, 2010 Thanks for the ideas. I guess if I end up in digs I might end up using LDT's suggestion... What is really annoying is that a 20 key GD went on Ebay recently for a few tens of pounds :-( Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Read Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Just saw this: Ebay G/D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolmbebb Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Just saw this: Ebay G/D Hmmm - interesting - but sadly exceeds the present budget :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Just saw this: Ebay G/D Hmmm - interesting - but sadly exceeds the present budget :-( You might try one from BGK/Silvetta.. I had one of their 20-button double-reeded G/D's for a while (from Castiglione in the US) and it was a good instrument for the price. Here is a video of someone playing one of their C/G's. I don't know if they have any UK dealers. If you can't get one from them directly, you might try Hartenhauer in Germany. If you get a single-reed, make sure it's a low G/D (pitched below a C/G) rather than a high one. The double reed one that I owned had one set of low reeds and one high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Hmmm - interesting - but sadly exceeds the present budget :-( Buy it anyway and then sell it again once you get back from your time away. You won't lose much and might even gain financially, and you're much less likely to be disappointed with this than a cheaper one. It's a pity Wim Wakker has so far resisted all suggestions for selling a G/D Rochelle. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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