New Concertina

Doc_Eggerton

Pardon my OT.  Oft times I sit on the porch playing my baritone while minding a cook.  Now I have a tenor for variety.  Got my new Tedrow Standard Concertina today, to compliment my Tedrow Baritone. The Standard is on the left and has dark bellows.

henapple

Talented... Momma plays a squeeze box, daddy never sleeps at night.

Fred19Flintstone

I would like to hear you play.

Village Idiot

I found some rare footage of Doc (on left) and henapple (on right) playing their concertinas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5EgASje8MQ

caliking

Doc - you could make Salado even more fun next year I bet folks would love to hear you play.

Doc_Eggerton

Fred19Flintstone said:

I would like to hear you play.

I really need to get a camera that would let me Youtube.

Skiddymarker

henapple said:

Talented... Momma plays a squeeze box, daddy never sleeps at night.

I have this vision of Doc in front of a mountain of orange bags "going in and out and in and out" . Damn you henapple, I'll be humming that song thru my whole cook tonight, one of my favourite Who songs...... much like Bubba O'Reily, it just sticks....

warwoman

For a minute there, I thought you were talking about something else. Nothing like triple strand concertina to keep charlie out of the wire!

Doc_Eggerton

General Purpose Barbed Tape is even better.

Austin Egghead

Very nice.  I always wanted to learn how to play one, they are much lighter to haul around than the dulcimer.

What new tune are you going play on that one.  

Black_Badger

Yep, that's pretty cool. What does one of those run? How do you ID a good one?

Doc_Eggerton

My newest tune is Leaving Lerwick Harbour.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyFu2L09Nfc

That is not me, BTW,

Doc_Eggerton

Black_Badger said:

Yep, that's pretty cool. What does one of those run? How do you ID a good one?

My baritone cost $3,500, the tenor cost $2,000.  The tenor was ordered by an 80 year old woman who wanted to learn to play, and then did not do anything with it.  It was exactly like new.  You can easily pay $5K or more for a good concertina.  There are many cheap makers, and a handful of quality ones.  When you start out get a Rochell, ugly, not very good action, sounds pretty decent.  That is the starter instrument.