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- Thu Jun 17, 2004 10:36 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: ADV: Contra Dance music workshop in July
- Replies: 5
- Views: 767
Sounds like fun! Do you really expect to play at 125-130 bpm? I'm an experienced contra dance musician, and my feeling is that if we get that fast we're out of control. :) I like to stay in the range of 112-120 bpm. I learned to stick with those numbers 20 years ago in a band workshop with the membe...
- Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:39 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Which is easier to play, Concertina or Whistle?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5346
I play two kinds of concertina (English and anglo), button accordion, and whistle. For me, the concertinas have been easiest, the button accordion hardest, and the whistle in-between. But it's hard to separate out how much is due to difficulty and how much is due to lack of practice. :) My whistle-p...
- Sun Apr 04, 2004 5:08 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: The Humors of Tullycrine sheet music? (Callan Bridge)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 704
- Mon Mar 15, 2004 2:19 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Contest - help me choose a domain name
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5370
- Sat Feb 28, 2004 10:52 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: O.T. WHISTLER SEAN RYAN ON BBC RADIO 4 NOW!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 516
- Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Concertina question
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11891
- Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:23 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Concertina question
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11891
Well, then it's a counter-example to rule # 2: you have an accordion whose buttons travel along the bellows. Dang, caught up by one exception (or maybe two), because I was trying to make the rules cover every case. :roll: Thanks for the catch. If there's anyone out there still reading this thread b...
- Sat Feb 14, 2004 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Concertina question
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11891
Like HMT says, it's not a concertina -- it's an accordion masquerading as a concertina. ("Verdict: it's just another weird double reeded button accordion.")Caj wrote:http://www.hmtrad.com/catalog/winds/sbx/sbx-org.html
I believe Colin Dipper also once made a concertina like this.
Caj
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- Thu Feb 12, 2004 11:09 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Concertina question
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11891
The recent thread on the differences between concertinas and accordions is at http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=16951 , where I wrote: ... the number of reeds per note is not the defining difference [between concertinas and accordions]. Bandoneons, which are closely associated with tango mus...
- Tue Feb 10, 2004 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
- Topic: Arvada, Colorado (nice place?)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5967
I lived in Boulder as well, yuppies, bean sprouts, no ugly people, nobody over 25, they shoot bagladies at the frontier... Well, among other things that are wrong in the above, Boulder has a new, 160-bed shelter for the homeless. How does that compare to where you choose to live now, Jim? 50 and no...
- Tue Jan 20, 2004 12:01 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT accordion questions *runs and hides*
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1188
Re: OT accordion questions *runs and hides*
It's got a little piano keyboard on one end, and seven or eight buttons on the other end. I find I can't even stretch and un-stretch it, because the keyboard end has no wrist strap or anything. Normally, piano accordions have two shoulder straps. You put one arm through each strap. They hold the in...
- Wed Jan 14, 2004 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT: concertinas again - Anglo or English?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7904
In fact, some early Morse concertinas used wax to hold in the accordion reeds. To the best of my knowledge, all Morse concertinas built to date have waxed-in reeds. There's nothing inherently wrong with waxed-in reeds. The wax forms a very good airtight seal -- possibly better and longer lasting th...
- Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT: Traveler's flute causes airport evacuation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3089
It turns out it wasn't a flute, it was an electronic bagpipe practice chanter. See http://www.pressherald.com/news/local/0 ... port.shtml for details and pictures.
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- Tue Jan 13, 2004 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT: concertinas again - Anglo or English?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7904
The one drawback to the Enlgish is its cost. It is a couple of times more expensive than an Anglo. I don't agree with this generalization. There are always very cheap anglos for sale on eBay, often $100-$200. But they're junk. For not a lot more ($260 delivered) you can by an English concertina mad...
- Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:50 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: OT: concertinas again - Anglo or English?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7904