Brazen Kaine Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Firstly, I'm a piper. I "2nd" on concertina. I have a Suttner C/G & within 2 wks. I should have my Suttner C#/G#. In addition to all of that. I have a Dipper on order. Orginally, it was to be a C/G w/ the John Williams key system (I direct all enquiries about that to himself. Theres a link to him under the links section of Pauls site). Anyhow, I thought recently that it was absurd to A) have 3 tinas and 2 in the same pitch. An A/E would allow me to play with a B set of pipes as opposed to solo or with a stringed instrument capo'd. We've all heard killer Ab/Eb instruments from both Suttner and Dipper...but I have yet to hear a recording with B pipes and an A/E tina? Firstly, has anyone hear tinas in this pitch? How do they sound? Thanks Brazen Kaine
Richard Morse Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Doug (manager of the Button Box) has an A/E concertina which sounds great and is fun to play though he doesn't trot it out much as he's more of a button accordion player.
Ken_Coles Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 After writing the "available Keys" article, I got interested in these myself. I since have acquired an A/E Lachenal, but it is not in A=440 and I have no reason to alter the tuning. I use it solo or to sing with. It has the lovely deeper tone one also associates with G/D (and Ab/Eb for that matter) concertinas.
rabennett Posted August 22, 2003 Posted August 22, 2003 Firstly, I'm a piper. I "2nd" on concertina. We've all heard killer Ab/Eb instruments from both Suttner and Dipper...but I have yet to hear a recording with B pipes and an A/E tina? Firstly, has anyone hear tinas in this pitch? How do they sound? Thanks Brazen Kaine I'm also a piper who "fills in" on concertina. You didn't say what type of "B" pipes, but if you're talking about a flat set of uilleann pipes - it should work. My BIG question: As a piper who "fills in" on concertina, I have five sets of pipes and one concertina. If you are about to have three concertinas, how many sets of pipes do you have? Extra Credit Question: Did you just cross over to being a concertina player who doubles on pipes?? Best regards, Dick
Bruce McCaskey Posted November 9, 2024 Posted November 9, 2024 (edited) Just ran across this thread. I don’t know that I have much to add to this but thought I’d mention that I have an Edgley in A/E tuning. Bought it new from Frank about 20 years ago and still love it. I was introduced to that tuning when Tom Lawrence bought one from Frank to play with pipers and he let me try his out. I wasn’t looking to do the same but I loved the pitch so bought one for myself. i have a Dipper and a Carroll in C/G tuning but although I don’t play it often, I get out the A/E now and then just to enjoy the pitch. Additional comment: Just realized the original post is over 20 years old. Wouldn’t have resurrected this thread had I realized that but since I’ve left a comment now I won’t delete it. Edited November 9, 2024 by Bruce McCaskey
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