On Oct 2, 5:24*pm, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
On 2008-10-02, Vernon wrote:

On Sep 29, 9:12*pm, "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
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Hey Don, *I didn't know you were an accordion player. *So am I
although I am a dunce on the concertina. *I played 120 bass piano key
accordion as a kid. *V

* * * * Well ... not accordion -- just concertina (and tinwhistle).
Which style of concertina did you try? *Probably an Anglo style ((loke a
couple of harmonicas in two different keys broken in half wit the low
end going up the left hand side and the high end going down the right
hand side, so if you turned both hands palms down (and the bellows was
long enough to allow this), you could see the buttons form a row per
harmonica. *Anyway -- this style gives a different note on press vs draw
for each button. *If you play the Piano Accordion, you could probably
play the English system concertina fairly well too.

* * * * The English system is what I play.

* * * * Enjoy,
* * * * * * * * DoN.

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I thought all concertinas were diatonic until reading your post. I
had one for a time I bought on ebay but never got the hang of it so I
sold it the same way. I've also played the Mexican corrido type
diatonics and similarly, with little success. It's odd because I play
the harmonica reasonably well. But I never could get the "innie
outie" difference when it transferred to my fingers. We're also
interested in the tin whistles and anything Irish. My older son is
quite the virtuoso on the tin whistle.

V