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Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: arty on April 26, 2012, 05:06:47 PM
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Hooray!!! Today I bought my first melodeon and I'm pleased as punch! I have bought a Pre-Pokerwork in C/F, from Mike Rowbotham in St. Ives. I am a total beginner and he is going to give me a lesson to start me off when I collect it from him on monday. At last, I can start teaching myself and will find melodeon.net so useful. I am looking forward to being good enough to take part in the Tune of the Month series. I fell in love with this old instrument, it sounds as sweet as a nut! :||:
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Lesson 1, when you have stopped grinning, start learning your gurning face ;D
(http://i.ytimg.com/vi/A4Fr6N2nuz8/0.jpg)
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Lesson 2: Divorce your breathing from that of the bellows before you expire!
Congratulations and good luck. It's a good choice - Hohner definitely mad better actions back then and had a much sweeter tuning with slightly less tremolo than is commonly used on today's models. I have a mellow Hohner Club (C/F) that lives by my armchair. Only problem may come when you've learnt a few tunes and want to play in your local session - all the others are likely to have D/G boxes, but no-one is perfect.
Rob.
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Lesson 1, when you have stopped grinning, start learning your gurning face ;D
Thank you. That took years of practice, you know...
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Anahata: "Never knowingly spotted gurning!" ;D