Geoff Wooff Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) A year or so back I came up with a couple of good reasons for needing an English where the reeds were tuned one whole tone flater than normal. The search for a Bb tuned EC went on the back burner due to the Pandemic and my Carpal Tunnel syndrome. Things are beginning to improve on both fronts so , yesterday I thought of a third purpose for such an instrument and now I am looking again. Anyone willing to sell or know where I might find one ? Geoff. Edited August 28, 2022 by Geoff Wooff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen DOUGLASS Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Geoff, I recently picked up a nice Wheatstone in Bb from Barleycorn, I primarily use it for dipping into Northumbrian Piping Sessions and it's a 'ton a fun'. I'm interested in your thoughts regarding other 'purposes' if your willing to offer. Best Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 Stephen, basically the same idea as your Northumbrian sessions. The French dance band my wife and I play in is governed to C and G by the other instruments, Cornemuses , Diatonic accordéons and Hurdy Gurdies etc. This means I am playing the EC mostly in C, which during a Bal Folk can have me wishing I was playing in D to spread the load over more fingers. My wife tunes her fiddle a tone flat for the very same reason of fingering familiarity . Then, as happend at a party last weekend someone asks if we'd play some Irish music. This would have herself tuning the fiddle up a tone... BUT if I also carried a Bb EC there would be no problem for either of us. On occasion I have wanted to join an Irish C session.... which I can manage Ok on the fly IF I have a Tenor Treble... this involves playing the tunes an octave lower and reversing the fingering for F and F# etc. ,but the flow of fingering is disturbed. So, my three reasons : to play the C and G French tunes with D and A fingering. To play Irish with my wife's flat tuned fiddle and to easily join an Irish C session or play with a 'Flat' Piper. You are a lucky man buying that Bb EC from Barleycorn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Acott Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Hello Geoff, If it is of use i have a Lachenal 36 key Bb from a salvation band I have fully sorted it ,it is in a square case, and it is a tenor range ,71/2" across . If it is of use there is a photo which shows the box in a recent set of boxes for sale. Best Regards. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted August 31, 2022 Author Share Posted August 31, 2022 23 minutes ago, Mike Acott said: Hello Geoff, If it is of use i have a Lachenal 36 key Bb from a salvation band I have fully sorted it ,it is in a square case, and it is a tenor range ,71/2" across . If it is of use there is a photo which shows the box in a recent set of boxes for sale. Best Regards. Mike Thanks Mike , I'll take a look Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesJessop Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Geoff - I've sent you a p.m. about an instrument I have that you might want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hi Les, sorry for delay getting back to you... all night thunderstorm kept me off the Web. Many thanks for your message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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