Martin Essery Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 7 hours ago, Bassconcertina.net said: Hi Martin, it is a G/D, I saw a video of him on Facebook talking about it, the lowest note is G1. It'd be a much bigger instrument if it was a C/G, if it wasn't, it'd have less buttons or be slower due to short scale reeds and compromised chamber length. Thank you so much, that is a great help, I wonder who I can get to make one? 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNT Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 12 hours ago, Martin Essery said: Thank you so much, that is a great help, I wonder who I can get to make one? 🙂 Definitely speak to Andrew Norman at AC Norman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, AndyNT said: Definitely speak to Andrew Norman at AC Norman I am! 🙂 But he makes the coffin shape, not the regular hexagon, which I would prefer. Mind you, he seems to be the only option to get my hands on one in less than two years 😄 Edited March 9 by Martin Essery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassconcertina.net Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/8/2024 at 4:42 PM, Martin Essery said: Thank you so much, that is a great help, I wonder who I can get to make one? 🙂 Maybe me within the next couple years, I'm trying to start a free reed instrument making business. I am in the process of building a foot bass for my first customer at the moment, it is a long process though. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassconcertina.net Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/9/2024 at 6:02 AM, Martin Essery said: I am! 🙂 But he makes the coffin shape, not the regular hexagon, which I would prefer. Mind you, he seems to be the only option to get my hands on one in less than two years 😄 I talked to him about building a C/G bass once and he said that it would be difficult because of the fact that they use accordion reeds, which would be really slow if weighted down to C1. However, I could buy and use antique reed organ sub bass reeds to achieve notes from C1-C2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 11 hours ago, Bassconcertina.net said: Maybe me within the next couple years, I'm trying to start a free reed instrument making business. I am in the process of building a foot bass for my first customer at the moment, it is a long process though. 🙂 Can I place an order? I have a reed organ that was sold as playable, but is not, so I could harvest the reeds 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassconcertina.net Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 13 hours ago, Martin Essery said: Can I place an order? I have a reed organ that was sold as playable, but is not, so I could harvest the reeds 🙂 Sure, you'll be my second customer, Pm me with any further questions or specs for the instrument. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, Bassconcertina.net said: Sure, you'll be my second customer, Pm me with any further questions or specs for the instrument. Thanks! wow, you never fail to impress me... well younger than 20 years, and already that dedicated to concertinas! If you'll still be at it at my current age, the c world will be looking at one of those who did make a significant difference. Thumbs up! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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