Bruce McCaskey Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Last summer I had a chance to meet Tim Collins in Seattle and he graciously permitted me to try out two of his personal instruments. I was quite impressed and a few days later looked into ordering one for myself. I hadn’t been following the concertina market too closely and until I met with Tim I had been unaware that Jürgen Suttner offered a Tim Collins (TC) model at the top of his Anglo line. I placed an order and a little over a year later, the completed instrument was delivered to my door. Lovely instrument, 31 gold plated buttons (D drone), gold tooling and Thuya burl ends. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John, Wexford Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Gorgeous looking instrument. I wonder how does it stack up against your Dipper concertina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Mellish Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 That looks very nice indeed, and I'm also impressed that you had to wait only a little over a year from ordering the new instrument to receiving it. Over the years I have ordered three concertinas from new: I won't say how long I've had to wait but the shortest is a lot longer than one year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence Reeves Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Beautiful concertina. I love the size, and tone of these TC models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce McCaskey Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 (edited) John, it’s difficult to do a direct comparison to my Dipper. The Dipper was sold as a “Professional County Clare” and Colin said he put his “best” reeds in those. It’s metal ended with a bright and distinctive sound. It’s maybe 30 years old and I’ve played it a lot, though not so much in the last couple of years, and the reeds are well broke in. I’ve included a photo of the Dipper below. The TC Suttner is new (literally just made a few weeks ago) and wooden ended. The reeds haven’t been played much yet and they are a little softer toned and don’t have the brightness of the Dipper. Still it’s a good sound and I expect they’ll sound much richer in a few months of playing. The seven fold bellows move very readily and the buttons only require a light touch to operate. I find the action to be crisp and responsive. The Dipper... Edited October 22, 2020 by Bruce McCaskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_s Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Bruce, that's a beauty! That burl is amazing. I hope it sounds as good as it looks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John, Wexford Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thank you very much Bruce for replying so comprehensively. I am looking forward to a delivery too from Jürgen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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