Pictures of your Box

We have some evidence, however, that you may have to pay for the reeds.
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Post by StevieJ »

Rob G - your Black Dot looks bigger than mine. Does "Deluxe" mean it has more than 2 voices?

<a href="http://www.rogermillington.com/steam/BlackBlackDot.jpg" target="_blank">Here's a shot of mine.</a> Many similar stains and dents. But the swastikas show up better than on yours! It's unusual in two respects - it's black, and it's been retuned to C#/D. I got it as a backup/travel box from a repairer in NE England named <a href="http://www.theboxplace.co.uk/" target="_blank">Theo Gibb</a>, who's a very good fellow to know if you're in that part of the world.

I was thinking of selling it a while back but friends urged me to keep it for its looks - like a classic Remington portable typewriter, one said.

For my main squeeze I recently graduated from a Saltarelle Irish Bouëbe - great box, once it was broken in - to <a href="http://www.rogermillington.com/steam/Selly_2.jpg" target="_blank">this here yoke.</a> A very well engineered piece of machinery. Twelve basses - liberation! Three MMM voices - heaven.

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Whoa, that's a sexy Hohner. How old is it?

The "Deluxe" model has three (MMM) reeds per note, yeah. I don't think mine has ever had a proper tuning -- it's wet enough to interfere with tv reception.
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Ro3b wrote:Whoa, that's a sexy Hohner. How old is it?
"Of a certain age." Theo Gibb said it was probably from the 1970s. (Like a lot of sexy creatures.)
...wet enough to interfere with tv reception.
<chuckle> Mine was tuned dry. The sound could do with a bit of humidifying for my taste but it does sound very much like Josephine Marsh's box.
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Hmm, well the picturte hoster I use doesn't allow me to post a pic here, but if you follow the link

http://maydaymorris.shutterfly.com/action/

you should see a picture of my 6-year old niece Amy holding my Castagnari Lilly. She got the shoulder strap over the wrong shoulder, but I don't think it made much difference to her playing.
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The concertina on the cover of this brochure has a good chance of being my concertina's twin brother. According to the Wheatstone ledgers 2 were made at the same time. I don't think mine is the one in the picture because it was probably sold before the brochure came out.

http://www.concertina.com/pricelists/wh ... -c1956.pdf

My concertina looks exactly like that one, but of course a little older!

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Post by ennistraveler »

How nice with a squeeze box forum here as well. Here's my Wheatstone.

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Here's a snap of my favorite toy hanging out with other toys from my past.
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It's a 36 button Wheatstone Linota c. 1925.
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