dpmccabe Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Surprised no one has mentioned it yet. Here it is for your viewing pleasure: 250048147919 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Surprised no one has mentioned it yet. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:250048147919 Well, Steve Dickinson makes some excellent reeds, so it should still be a top quality instrument. The light weight should make it ideal for Morris, yet it should be fast enough for Irish music. Will be an interesting one to value, and should tell us how much people are prepared to pay for something which is not 100% Jeffries. Regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Now I'm pretty sure I have played this one, unless Chris has had another Jeffries through his hands recently with Dickinson reeds in it. Assuming it is that one, it's definitely Jeffries-y in character, even with a different set of reeds in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Will be an interesting one to value, and should tell us how much people are prepared to pay for something which is not 100% Jeffries. Well at £2300 it didn't meet its reserve. Bloomin' 'eck! If I were in the market for a high quality C/G (which I'm not, I used to have a Dickinson C/G which I sold because it didn't get the use it deserved - dpmccabe please note!) I would have been on this like a shot. What a beautiful combination - Jeffries body and Dickinson reeds. Let's hope someone from the forum phones Chris while they've still got the chance. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Read Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Will be an interesting one to value, and should tell us how much people are prepared to pay for something which is not 100% Jeffries. Well at £2300 it didn't meet its reserve. Bloomin' 'eck! If I were in the market for a high quality C/G (which I'm not, I used to have a Dickinson C/G which I sold because it didn't get the use it deserved - dpmccabe please note!) I would have been on this like a shot. What a beautiful combination - Jeffries body and Dickinson reeds. Let's hope someone from the forum phones Chris while they've still got the chance. Chris The only negative for me (even though I'm not in the market for one) was the aluminium reed frames. It's just a personal thing but they never sound quite as nice to my ear as the brass-framed reeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpmccabe Posted November 17, 2006 Author Share Posted November 17, 2006 The only negative for me (even though I'm not in the market for one) was the aluminium reed frames. It's just a personal thing but they never sound quite as nice to my ear as the brass-framed reeds. That's why I passed on it, after talking to Chris over the phone for quite a while last week. But I have no doubt it's still an incredible instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Will be an interesting one to value, and should tell us how much people are prepared to pay for something which is not 100% Jeffries. Well at £2300 it didn't meet its reserve. Bloomin' 'eck! If I were in the market for a high quality C/G (which I'm not, I used to have a Dickinson C/G which I sold because it didn't get the use it deserved - dpmccabe please note!) I would have been on this like a shot. What a beautiful combination - Jeffries body and Dickinson reeds. Let's hope someone from the forum phones Chris while they've still got the chance. Chris I'm more than a little surprised. Not so much that it didn't reach the reserve, but that the bidding only went up to £2300, in the light of recent auction prices. I'm also wondering whether Chris took this one to Ireland, last month. Regards, Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I'm more than a little surprised. Not so much that it didn't reach the reserve, but that the bidding only went up to £2300, in the light of recent auction prices. Likewise. I suppose it also shows that the market is indeed quite bothered by the fact that it's not an "intact" Jeffries. I thought it was a good box myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidesqueeze Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I'm more than a little surprised. Not so much that it didn't reach the reserve, but that the bidding only went up to £2300, in the light of recent auction prices. Likewise. I suppose it also shows that the market is indeed quite bothered by the fact that it's not an "intact" Jeffries. I thought it was a good box myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidesqueeze Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 (Oops) My thought on this one was that if Jurgen Suttner could be talked into replacing the reeds it might have become an amazing instrument. The recording of his instrument on Tim Collins' Dancing on Silver sounds clear and trumpet-like. Can I get comments from someone with experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McIsog Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 (Oops) My thought on this one was that if Jurgen Suttner could be talked into replacing the reeds it might have become an amazing instrument. The recording of his instrument on Tim Collins' Dancing on Silver sounds clear and trumpet-like. Can I get comments from someone with experience? Then perhaps the market priced it accordingly. How much does it cost to have a new set of Concertina reeds fitted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Read Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 (edited) (Oops) My thought on this one was that if Jurgen Suttner could be talked into replacing the reeds it might have become an amazing instrument. The recording of his instrument on Tim Collins' Dancing on Silver sounds clear and trumpet-like. Can I get comments from someone with experience? Aside from my previous comments, I don't think I'd want to pay a fortune to replace Dickenson reeds with Suttner reeds. Dickenson are supposed to be among the best you can get. Edited November 17, 2006 by Paul Read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 My thought on this one was that if Jurgen Suttner could be talked into replacing the reeds it might have become an amazing instrument. My thought is why on earth would you want to do that? In my estimation it would be exactly comparable to asking Suttner to replace Dipper reeds. I sold my Dickinson because I have evolved to play almost exclusively G/D for tunes and C/G baritone for song, but it was with a lot of soul searching that I did so, and I still feel regrets. Steve Dickinson, whatever else he is, is a craftsman of the highest order. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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