Rob Thanks - Colin Dipper will be doing the work for me ( he has just tweaked and sold my English concertina for me which is funding this work!) so I will talk it through with him - I gather he has done similar work for other pipers
I will also have a look at a second hand one as an option - I will have to do the sums! Could you expand on the 'care and sympathy' with the drones? Cheers Mike -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of rob....@milecastle27.co.uk Sent: 06 January 2011 12:00 To: nsp@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [NSP] Re: Concertina Tuning Morning Mike - yes this correct. For a C/G anglo where you are typically playing tunes in G and D (and associated minors) you would want a Bb/F tuning to play with NSP. Unless you know the person you want to play with is in concert F then +20 would also be a very good idea. I have a Bb English concertina but it doesn't get out much because it's in concert pitch and too far from most sets of pipes. Personally I wouldn't get rid of the bass notes there's a lot of musical room to play in down there. It requires care and sympathy with the drones going ... Another consideration is that retuning a complete tone is quite invasive - it is possible to get a Bb/F instrument without modification. They are rarer but also cheap because no one else plays in those keys... I'd have a chat with some like Theo Gibb (www.theboxplace.co.uk) who will be able to give you some options - he has stacks of old lachenal reeds from various restorations. He also knows the basics about pipes - most free reed restoriers won't and has done an excellent restoration job on a couple of concertinas for me already. cheers Rob Quoting Mike Dixon <msdi...@btinternet.com>: > I have a 20 Button Anglo C/G Lachenal which I had for years which I have > done very little with. I am about to get it serviced ( more like a re-build > I suspect!) and am considering getting it re-tuned to play along with NSP - > either for me to have a go , or to lend to a friend so we can do some duets > > Would I be on the right lines to go for F/B Flat? I suspect at +20 cents? > > We are also looking at removing the bass on the left hand and putting some > accidentals on the right - might be useful as I rarely use the bass buttons > as such > > Any thoughts or advice > > Thanks > > Mike Dixon > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
