Stephen Chambers Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 (edited) I'd wonder if the bottom G# on this one might have got tuned up a semitone to A (rather than down to a more conventional F)? It would make more sense for "bagpipe tunes"... Edited November 13, 2020 by Stephen Chambers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 7 minutes ago, Stephen Chambers said: I'd wonder if the bottom G# on this one might have got tuned up a semitone to A (rather than down one to a more conventional F)? It would make more sense for "bagpipe tunes"... I can't comment on that, however it would be contrary to the OP's introduction (which I took as if he was aware of the actual tuning) best wishes - 🐺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 17 hours ago, David Barnert said: BTW, are we calling it a “dinkie” because that’s the word that’s stamped on it, or has anyone here ever seen that word used in this context before (I haven’t)? 8 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said: Dinkies were metal hair curlers that were popular in the 1940s - what you have there is a part of one that's been adapted to hold a button down to sound a drone. Aha! Thank you, Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Presumably the Harold Mellor in question is the same man that I quoted at the beginning of my 2007 PICA paper Joseph Astley, Oldham Concertina Band and the MHJ Shield ? In which case he described himself as "‘an amateur player of the English [concertina], having learned this instrument as far back as 1899", and as a pupil of Arthur Astley. Like I said in that paper "The towns of Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham almost merge; they are separated only by the wooded gorge of the River Medlock valley." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hi Stephen Do you know roughly when the interview with Harold Mellor took place? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Tiposx said: Do you know roughly when the interview with Harold Mellor took place? The recollections are to be found in Accordion Review, 5/2 (page 30), dating from 1950. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Thank you Stephen. I was born in 1955 so I probably just missed him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 My ebony Aeola TT has the same "Harold Mellor" stamp. I'm curious if his stamp can be found in other instruments. At any rate he had his hands on two good ones at some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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