Erik Murray Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 Well, I wouldn't want what I wrote to be taken to mean that all concertinas by these makers were or are about the same quality. I didn't take it that way. I understand the potential for variation in original quality and current condition. I have a Jeffries. Photographs are the only way I know some of the others. I'm still at the stage of learning the more general things. I'm interested in things like who made Anglos when and which were and are considered best and why. I'll buy the book if you write it. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 Maybe they thought you shouldn't play on it, but with it... like a football? If you did that to the last one I sent back to an eBay seller, it would have exploded at the first kick, leaving little but a pile of sawdust. Anyway, think of all those poor, homeless, woodworms ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 21, 2004 Share Posted March 21, 2004 -...think of all those poor, homeless, woodworms ! A serious digression, I realize, but that made me think of the time (early 1970's was it?) that the NYC pier owners started complaining about the cleanup of pollution in New York Harbor. Seems that the pollution had eliminated the worms that ate into the wooden pilings of the piers, but now they were returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted March 22, 2004 Author Share Posted March 22, 2004 Paul, My earlier question, about what aspect of playing devalued a concertina, wasn't totally rhetorical, so I hope you didn't take it as being sarcastic or anything like that. I am always submitting posts only to realise the next day that it doesn'r quite come over as I meant it. Clive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Groff Posted March 22, 2004 Share Posted March 22, 2004 Clive, Actually I was worried I might have been taking your question too literally, and that I came off as sounding condescending... I am used to teaching beginners and to talking with those who know very little about concertinas, so I tend to answer basic questions from the ground up. I realize you know most or all the facts in my answer (though you may not know how they relate to my particular, possibly eccentric opinions), but some of these facts may have been "news" to other readers. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted March 24, 2004 Author Share Posted March 24, 2004 (edited) Whoops Edited March 24, 2004 by Clive Thorne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted March 25, 2004 Author Share Posted March 25, 2004 I see it ended with no bids ! Clive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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