Brazen Kaine Posted August 22, 2003 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Morse Posted August 22, 2003 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted August 22, 2003 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabennett Posted August 22, 2003 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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