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Hello, I like Tom Morrison too, great rhythm, and he knew how to say a lot with the notes he didn't play (the snapping off and space after his phrases). Have you heard the recordings linked below? The flute is not as easily audible as on the better-known Morrison recordings, but as a Conlon fan I ha...

sean an piobaire wrote: We also have Anne Uhler and her Enzian Accordion Band (they're the Slovenian made Boxes).

Sean Folsom

Hey Sean,

Always great to read your voice, hope you are keeping well.

Further off-topic, can you put me in touch with Anne Uhler? I have an interest in gentians.

Paul Groff in Miami

Hello all, Jack Conroy, one of my favorite melodeon and D/C# box players up in the Boston MA area, has asked me to spread this great news. I think for some years now Jack has been has been lobbying Muiris O Rócháin to include the 1 -row box among the instruments taught at Willie Clancy Week.* Now wi...

Hi all, I just want to add my congratulations to this thread celebrating Pat (and Cathy). I agree with the comment that they don't receive nearly the recognition they deserve. Since I got to know them a few years back I have often thought with pride of the fine music they preserve and share in their...

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Trip- OK, First keep in mind that today we are in a period where there is a trend toward standardization of the C/G three row anglo-chromatic concertina as the "normal" concertina for Irish music. So if you want to take the "road more travelled" -- at least among the crowds of fo...

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Hi, I am looking for parts to restore and keep going a couple of my George Jones London-made concertinas with broad steel reeds. These concertinas are not usually ideal for Irish dance music since they are often a little clunky ergonomically, and their reeds can be a little slow, but I like the soun...

It is really a sad loss. I first heard that Gene had passed away last fall, due to an inquiry from his niece. It was a big surprise to me since I had moved away from Gene's neighborhood to Miami, but when I called Gene's other music friends in the Boston area they had also not heard. I remember very...

Great news that the banjo is working right. Interesting that your luthier actually shaved the end of the fretboard. Was this necessary because of the replacement nut he used, or was the fretboard length there defective as originally built? But I am not surprised that nut work was needed to solve the...

Hi, I may be missing something but from the description of your symptoms could there be a problem with the nut slot for the G string? If your nut was not cut to fit heavy gauge strings, the G string could be riding high so that when the open string is in tune, the fretted notes on that string are sh...

Hi bill I think the inexpensive Sweet flutes in Eb are excellent value. When I lived in Massachusetts I had a small teaching studio and music shop and some excellent flute teachers sent their students to me to get the keyless Sweet flutes that I picked out on my visits to Ralph's workshop. Even thou...

Hi Frank Congratulations and good luck with the club. . . one more reason I will keep missing the Boston area. Have you gotten Gene Frain involved at all? I always try to get together with him when I'm visiting Helen Kisiel and Brendan Tonra in Watertown. For those of you who don't know him, Gene is...