On 2010-07-20, Ivan Vegvary ivanvegvarygmail.com wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2010-07-19, Ivan Vegvary wrote:

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(Also got a large box of sheet music for $ 3. I've been
collecting for over 5 decades)

Out of curiosity -- what target instrument? Piano? Accordion?
Guitar? Or much more rare -- English system concertina?

Enjoy,
DoN.

DoN,
Mainly piano, although I do a little saxophone once in a while and have
fooled around with trumpet and trombone years ago. Did a little piano bar
work when I was in my late 20's - early 30's. If I include my numerous
'fake books' I probably have over 15,000 titles. My playing can be best
described as 'cocktail style' and I'm most knowledgeable about music from
the '30s and '40s.

DoN, do you play?

I play English system concertina, and pennywhistle (tin
whistle). Of the two, the English system concertina is more capable of
playing piano music in that it has a full chromatic scale. Though the
various Duet systems are better if you want to play the left hand part
separately. The English system alternates scale nots between hands,
making runs a lot faster, and usually all the notes to a given chord are
on a single side.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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