JimLucas Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 ...at the moment I make rather a lot of noise on a Cajun accordion. So what colour dot does that lot require ? Black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBits Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Black? I think he's already on there, with many others! I shouldn't laugh too loud. . . I'm thinking about a nice little Castagnari or Cairdin for Morris. I'll never give up my anglo though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Mills Posted March 18, 2004 Author Share Posted March 18, 2004 Well, Stephen, you are a difficult case. All other free reed instruments shall remain black. What color is rusty English with aspirations toward Anglo, and otherwise collector, connoisseur and savant of concertinas? At the moment you resemble a pimento-stuffed olive prematurely situated over Kilrush, but I don't think we can leave you in such a unique state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCJones Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 If there were color for the Chemnitzers, and if these Chemnists were C.net members, that color would be all over the Chicago area. I know of at least 3 people in the Chicago area who play only Anglo, and two of them are professionals who play on CDs, John Williams and Tom Kastle. So, the map also points out that there are a lot of concertina players who are non-C.net members. I guess we need to convince those folks to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 ...the map also points out that there are a lot of concertina players who are non-C.net members. Indeed. There are many ICA members who aren't C.net members, many who are C.net and not ICA, and many more who are neither. When Allan Atlas reported his survey results I started toting up those players I know personally, and I came up with more than had responded to him in every country but one and I think in every state but two. Some folks are just more interested in playing than in organizations or surveys... .........or even pretty speckled maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 (edited) So what colour dot does that lot require ?Black? Arr, Jim lad, beware the black spot ! (We have ye surrounded !) Edited March 19, 2004 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 (edited) Well, Stephen, you are a difficult case. Funny, that's what my mother says ! All other free reed instruments shall remain black. Does that mean all the concertina players are surrounded ? At the moment you resemble a pimento-stuffed olive Thanks ! (I'll have a pound of them please, I forgot to get some from the French Market in Dublin, on St. Patrick's Day.) Edited March 19, 2004 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shay Fogarty Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 In reply to Steve Chambers, I may be the Dublin Duet man as I have a Duet, a 56 key WHeatstone Crane, but can at this stage only manage the scale of C. My long term ambition which seems to get longer every year is to play some Tommy Williams type tunes. One of these days I'll tackle the SA tutor. If there's anyone else in Dublin Irl , that is,with a Duet, let us know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Morse Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 ...the map also points out that there are a lot of concertina players who are non-C.net members. There are many ICA members who aren't C.net members, many who are C.net and not ICA, and many more who are neither. I wonder how many customers we (and similar businesses) have which are neither ICA nor concertina.net folks. Our database shows about 3000 concertina-related transaction customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Our database shows about 3000 concertina-related transaction customers.I wonder how many customers we (and similar businesses) have which are neither ICA nor concertina.net folks. That 3000 makes it pretty clear: MOST of 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 (edited) In reply to Steve Chambers, I may be the Dublin Duet man as I have a Duet, a 56 key WHeatstone Crane, but can at this stage only manage the scale of C. So that's why the rest of them seem to be rowing away at a rate of knots ? (And I thought it was me !) Hello Shay, No, Stephen has already said that he got confused by the mention of the Maccann Duet website in my Profile, you will have to edit yours to add what you play, and where you live, to get your very own technicolour dot (and put Dublin back on the map !). My long term ambition ... is to play some Tommy Williams type tunes. One of these days I'll tackle the SA tutor. I think you will find that Tommy's music works much better on the Maccann, though I never heard him play any hymn tunes. Cheers ! Edited March 19, 2004 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Aw, well no, sorry to burst everyone's bubble. But Richard's 3000 concertina-related transactions probably represents only 100 people. Everyone gets infected with the concertina virus and then buys a ton of instruments. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Morse Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 (edited) Aw, well no, sorry to burst everyone's bubble. But Richard's 3000 concertina-related transactions probably represents only 100 people. Everyone gets infected with the concertina virus and then buys a ton of instruments.. Actually, I had said "about 3000 concertina-related transaction customers". Our transactions are in the tens of thousands. I do say "about" as we have computerized records only since 1993 and I'm not about to manually count transactions before then. Even since then we've changed our database several times so tallying up (and weeding out duplicates between) concertina instrument SALES, REPAIRS, TRADES, RENTALS, APPRAISALS, etc. would also be laborious. From what I can easily garner and estimate from our records is that we have done concertina instrument business with about 3000 different people. That is concertina instruments - not CD's, cases, T-shirts, etc. But you are correct that a number of our customers HAVE bought several (and in some cases considerably more than several) concertinas. I have counted such folk as single customers and not as "transactions". OTOH we also have quite a few people that buy only a single instrument (usually an inexpensive anglo) for a gift and we never hear from them again. Edited March 20, 2004 by Richard Morse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 OTOH we also have quite a few people that buy only a single instrument (usually an inexpensive anglo) for a gift and we never hear from them again. Probably offed by the gift recipient, who was expecting a Jeffries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Ah well, sorry Richard, I was only teasing as I have bought several accordions from you, not to mention books and CDs. I like Jim's idea of why someone would be a single purchaser, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk van Aalten Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 Stephen, What is the status of your map? When will it be included in the top-level navigation bar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Mills Posted December 17, 2004 Author Share Posted December 17, 2004 (edited) What is the status of your map? When will it be included in the top-level navigation bar? Henk, I still update the map as members enter new information, so the map at the beginning of this thread is usually, as now, only a new member or two behind. You may notice Hong Kong and Iceland have been added recently. I have fun with the map, but I probably agree with Ken that many other topics are more deserving of his limited time. In any case, I have no knowledge of that part. BTW, a question from an ignorant Yank. Why are there so many cnet players in the "belt" of the UK, from Liverpool to Manchester and on to the east coast? Is this strictly where the population density lies, apart from London, or is there another reason? Edited December 17, 2004 by Stephen Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted December 17, 2004 Share Posted December 17, 2004 I do not know Stephen but Liverpool to Manchester belt is/was very strong in North West Morris sides and Folk music and the South East in Morris Sides. Perhaps that is the reason. The main culture aroung Liverpool and Manchester is football and somehow I doubt if a concertina has ever gone to a game.Or if it did it would not have come back. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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