Fs: Elise Hayden Duet Concertina

[rlgph]

I've changed my mind. It's no longer for sale. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edited November 8, 2014 by rlgph

[Patrick Scannell]

What is involved in a Bob Tedrow upgrade of an Elise?

[MatthewVanitas]

What is involved in a Bob Tedrow upgrade of an Elise?

Funny you should mention: here's his recent thread showing what he does to a Rochelle (and presumably about the same to an Elise).

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=17104

Edited November 7, 2014 by MatthewVanitas

[Patrick Scannell]

Thanks Matthew. Don't need the air-hole mod, but bushing would be wonderful.

[MatthewVanitas]

Thanks Matthew. Don't need the air-hole mod, but bushing would be wonderful.

I'd imagine bushing makes a big difference. The wobbliness of the keys was one of my primary gripes about the Elise.

 

Overall I really like the Elise as a starter Hayden, and for simple folk-music stuff I found the limited range to be usable. The tone isn't actually bad at all; different from but not necessarily "worse" than my higher-end Beaumont. I mainly upgraded because of the wobbliness of the action, and somewhat its slowness, but I still find the Elise usable. I guess other main gripe is it's kinda chunky for 35 buttons; crazy to upgrade to Beaumont and have the same size body but 52 buttons!

 

Elise is just big enough to sort of get a feel for the advantages of the Hayden's uniform layout, but on a bigger keyboard the easy transposition and regular reaches for intervals is really remarkable. Like any layout, it has its compromises, but the regularity makes improvisation/jamming so effortless, and really makes the relationships between notes very clear.

Edited November 7, 2014 by MatthewVanitas

[rlgph]

My Elise does not have bushings around the buttons. I have contacted Bob Tedrow to get clarification of what he does for the Elise upgrade.