palacinky Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Has anyone purchased a concertina from The Reed Lounge in York? Curious about anyone's experience, the quality of the instrument you purchased, how accurate was their description of it and how were the delivery times? many thanks, Gina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 My goodness, I drove right past there on my way to Swaledale in May (my first visit to UK in twenty years) and didn't know about them. Live and learn. I probably didn't need any more temptation anyway. Someone here probably knows something. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 I have never purchased from them but I know Murray Grainger who runs the reed lounge, he is a competent musician on the accordion and has a lot of experience with the various brands of free reed instruments - be they accordions melodeons, concertinas, he used to work for the music room before they sadly closed. He is an all round good guy and I would vouch for him as an honest trader. I hope this is helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiveman Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) Just bought the recently advertised Lachenal duet from there Reed Lounge. Made an appointment and visited to try the duet. Friendly reception, no pressure to buy. Plenty of time to try it. Tuning excellent, new pads. Bought it, now need to learn to play. Previously played Anglo. Edited August 14, 2018 by Jiveman spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 On 7/5/2018 at 7:37 PM, Jake Middleton-Metcalfe said: I have never purchased from them but I know Murray Grainger who runs the reed lounge, he is a competent musician on the accordion and has a lot of experience with the various brands of free reed instruments - be they accordions melodeons, concertinas, he used to work for the music room before they sadly closed. He is an all round good guy and I would vouch for him as an honest trader. I hope this is helpful I too have known Murray for a long time, when he first joined the music room. I have always respected him and have sent people to him on the quest for thier next concertinas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papawemba Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I bought online a Lachenal 20 buttons (one year ago) and was quite happy with reed lounge service. The concertina was in very good working condition etc... (eventually one button needed more air to sound but I guess this is usually the case with lower end concertina). I send him some questions in order to buy a concertina but got no response since a week...don't know what is going on...maybe just too busy. Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerT Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Murray is a working musician so he may well be out and about gigging. He also teaches PA at, for instance, Halsway in Somerset, UK, for the EFSDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papawemba Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Thank you Roger, yes he was actually on tour, just got an email from him but the concertina I was interested in is sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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