Geoff W. Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I'm curious how people are whiling away the quarantine hours on their concertinas. Anyone working on anything fun? New stuff, same old stuff but better, anything you're using this time to focus on improving or just enjoying playing around on the ol squeeze box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Just finished re-jigging all the reed positions, valving, valve springs and tuning of a Lachenal double action English bass concertina ('c' bass), now servicing a Wheatstone 48k English treble. Playing wise just some Simon & Garfunkle Stuff. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) With all gigs canceled for the indefinite future and the Morris dance season on hold, I've been playing around with a lot of new music by innovative European players, mostly in France, Belgium and the UK. But also Italy, like this experiment - Riccardo Tesi's 'La Marcia dei criceti.' On 30 button Jeffries Anglo. A far cry from my usual, but I'm enjoying it immensely. Also revisiting my Morris repertoire....I've been playing some of these tunes for so long, it's time to figure out some new ways to do them. And working on several jazz pieces with Randy Stein on English. Edited August 26, 2020 by Jim Besser 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff W. Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Thanks for sharing the recording, Jim. I am always interested to hear stuff besides ITM and Morris tunes on the Anglo, though I do enjoy those genres as well What's your recording setup? It sounds very high-fidelity, lots of details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I like it Jim, well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeezebox Of Delights Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I know it’s not exactly a concertina, but I’m currently practicing my restoration skills by consolidating a very old, very broken, very basic Lachenal case. I’m literally just glueing it back together, plugging the holes, painting in the old horrible white glue marks, putting a new lining in, making new straps etc. etc., but it’s quite fun. I think I will also modify it a bit, as it is of the standing-up sort, which I know isn’t ideal for concertinas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 2 hours ago, perspiration said: Thanks for sharing the recording, Jim. I am always interested to hear stuff besides ITM and Morris tunes on the Anglo, though I do enjoy those genres as well What's your recording setup? It sounds very high-fidelity, lots of details. I'm using 2 SM57 dynamic mics,, one on each side of the instrument, feeding a Scarlett 2i2 USB audio interface to my desktop Mac, recording with GarageBand using moderate compression. I have been experimenting with other digital audio software, but GarageBand seems to work well and is easy to use. Having experimented with on-board mic systems for years, I have become a believer in external fixed mics for a variety of reasons. For live sound I use 2 KSM137 condenser mics, but they are overkill for home recording. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Anybody familiar with the brilliant Japanese rock band SCANDAL? I don't think I'll ever be a cute Japanese girl, but I'm pretty sure I can make one of their tunes fit the 30-button Anglo in Em. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, gcoover said: Anybody familiar with the brilliant Japanese rock band SCANDAL? I don't think I'll ever be a cute Japanese girl, but I'm pretty sure I can make one of their tunes fit the 30-button Anglo in Em. Gary Go for it, Gary. Randy Stein and I are doing a workshop at next month's (virtual) Northeast Squeeze In: Squeezebox Oddities: TUnes You'd Never Expect to Hear on Squeezebox." I'm sure you have some good candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linrose Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Learning some old Jazz tunes. They sound so good on the EC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milesy Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Trying to perfect "Devon Bellringing song" on Wheatstone baritone after listening to the lateTony Rose album "Exe". Repairs to a 30 key Lachenal anglo and Amelia (my unknown maker EC) on hold as I wait for parts from the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I've got a bunch of new polskas I need to transcribe and start playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I'm booked into the JK weekend in October, so my mission before that (if it goes ahead), is to know, instantly, the notes on all my (36) buttons. Also to learn a few non C/G Scales (though I realise that there is a big difference between knowing a scale and being able to play a tune in that scale!), starting with D so I can jam along with the D/G melodeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Mansfield Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I’m working on a church harmonium-style arrangement of one of our songs on the Morse baritone EC. I might post a sound file when I’m done - though i say it myself, its coming on nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff W. Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 6 hours ago, Steve Mansfield said: I’m working on a church harmonium-style arrangement of one of our songs on the Morse baritone EC. I might post a sound file when I’m done - though i say it myself, its coming on nicely! This sounds like something I'd love to hear, please share when done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syncopepper Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 In addition to some social distancing jams I have been working on a song ( w\EC) for submission in a maritime music festival song competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/28/2020 at 11:50 PM, perspiration said: This sounds like something I'd love to hear, please share when done! Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hornett Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Well, "lockdown " does strange things to a man. Despite what I posted last year about not making any more 'tines, there I was at the shack, where I'd hidden away for the 6 weeks of Tasmania's lockdown from late March onward, filing reeds for 6 new 'tines, I know, madness. Madness in isolation can be quiet pleasant, the world was mad not I! I got six sets of reeds filed, the gardens nicely civilised, lots of fishing and solitary long walks along deserted beaches and silent forests paths and hours of classical radio; then it finished -- I could go home and reacquaint myself with kitchen duties. Just so happened reed making creates much less mess than violin plate gouging, I could sit at the table for 4 hours each day and admire the view while scraping: see below So now I have three new completed instruments, and three just two weeks off completion. The 'Lockdown model." Two each of A/E; G/D, and C/G, one each of wood and metal ends. My son wags his head in despair, then downright disbelief when telling him about the 31 button 5 inch model I have on the back burner. David 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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