Jewish Leprechaun Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ikv6GN4fw At approximately 2 min 46 sec, there's a young boy playing what appears to be quite a small 30 button anglo (or maybe it's just my eyes). Anyone have any ideas on what make the 'tina is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce McCaskey Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I have a Dipper "Professional" County Clare that looks like that, it has the gold tooled bellows and looks to be the same size. I don't see a model by that name in Dipper's current line, but it used to be offered in the Lark in the Morning catalog twenty years back. I also used to own a standard Clare and so can offer some contrast between them, better reeds in the "Professional" model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 It may be one of José Claro's small ones, or Ralf Schlimm (7Mount Concertinas) makes them too, both for very reasonable prices. But it's impossible to tell from the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Johnson Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I have a Dipper "Professional" County Clare that looks like that, it has the gold tooled bellows and looks to be the same size. I don't see a model by that name in Dipper's current line, but it used to be offered in the Lark in the Morning catalog twenty years back. I also used to own a standard Clare and so can offer some contrast between them, better reeds in the "Professional" model.I have seen better and slightly less "better" Dippers, but I have never seen any with less than stellar reeds. The differences in the instruments I would chalk up to other factors. I consider Colin's reeds the gold standard, and try to keep mine as good. You can't really make better ones. Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewish Leprechaun Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Hmm I wasn't familiar with José Claro's instruments, but definitely liking the way they look, going to have to get my hands on one to see how they play. I was suspicious if it was one of Dipper's smaller models, like y'all are suggesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce McCaskey Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 I can't comment from a maker's perspective but can pass on two things related to my comment above. First, several years ago Colin suggested to me that I consider ordering his Cotswold model but request it be made with "Professional Clare" reeds, saying it would combine the greater bellows capacity with his "best reeds." At the time I was consulting with him over which model to order and a few sentences earlier he'd he'd made the observation that his "best reed-work" went into the Professional Clare model. I used to have a standard Clare. I liked it, but it didn't have the tone of my "Professional" model. And that brings me to my second point. Comparing them on the inside, I'd noted that standard Clare had weighted reeds for a few of the lowest pitches. I don't recall the exact number, but I think it was two or three reeds. The Professional model has no weighted reeds and I think the lowest ones are a little longer. I don't know if that makes them any better, but at least for the lowest pitches they are different. I have noticed that the unweighted reeds are more tolerant of higher bellows pressures. I'm not suggesting that any of Colin's reeds are not high quality, but it seems he doesn't make them all the same. If I had to guess I'd say the difference in the reeds is in their sound rather than their performance. Regardless, as Dana suggests, I've never seen a bad Dipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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