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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #80 on: March 18, 2009, 01:24:30 PM »

I wanted a concertina and DG melodeon but couldn't afford both. I opted for the Nuage with three treble stops so that I could opt to play as a single reed for certain tunes. I have now realised that three voices offers quite a variation on sound and tend to need every combination except all three at the same time.
Don't know what other Box offers this ?

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #81 on: March 18, 2009, 05:30:13 PM »

Serrenelinni (sp)  the original maker of the Saltarelle accordions offers the 233  Deluxe also known as the "Cloud" (nuage)

Same box look and configuration with some minor cosmetic differences.  They can be ordered with any reed quality including handmade.

I owned two; one in D/G and the other in C#/D.  Both excellent accordions.
 
I sold them both to finance a property purchase otherwise I would still have them.  Apparently I owned  the first 233 Deluxe in the US





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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #82 on: March 18, 2009, 10:15:04 PM »

And I thought concertina's were complicated ;)
lol!
And you were right

<pedant> Except for the grocer's apostrophe in concertina's </pedant>

It's obviously correct Lester, it matches the one in the thread title :-)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #83 on: March 19, 2009, 08:07:39 AM »

And I thought concertina's were complicated ;)
lol!
And you were right

<pedant> Except for the grocer's apostrophe in concertina's </pedant>

It's obviously correct Lester, it matches the one in the thread title :-)

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Ian

I think you will find the apostrophe in the title is more or less correct as it shows that there are letters (well letter) omitted from the word therefore making the apostrophe a marker of a contraction (can't, don't etc)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #84 on: March 19, 2009, 09:16:41 AM »

Serrenelinni (sp)  the original maker of the Saltarelle accordions offers the 233  Deluxe also known as the "Cloud" (nuage)

Same box look and configuration with some minor cosmetic differences.  They can be ordered with any reed quality including handmade.

I owned two; one in D/G and the other in C#/D.  Both excellent accordions.
They sound good..what kinda price though?

And I thought concertina's were complicated ;)
lol!
And you were right

<pedant> Except for the grocer's apostrophe in concertina's </pedant>

It's obviously correct Lester, it matches the one in the thread title :-)

Ian

Ian

I think you will find the apostrophe in the title is more or less correct as it shows that there are letters (well letter) omitted from the word therefore making the apostrophe a marker of a contraction (can't, don't etc)

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Lester can I download you as my spellchecker? ;)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #85 on: March 19, 2009, 09:55:56 AM »

I think you will find the apostrophe in the title is more or less correct as it shows that there are letters (well letter) omitted from the word therefore making the apostrophe a marker of a contraction (can't, don't etc)

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No it isn't (more or less). The plural of bass is basses - no ifs, ands, buts or apostrophes. Replacing one letter with an apostrophe is not a contraction, just a mistake. In your examples, the apostrophes replace two letters (can't for cannot) or a space and a letter (don't for do not) and are contractions. "Bass's" is just another example of the ubiquitous grocer's apostrophe.  (:)
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #86 on: March 19, 2009, 10:46:42 AM »

Serrenelinni (sp)  the original maker of the Saltarelle accordions offers the 233  Deluxe also known as the "Cloud" (nuage)

Same box look and configuration with some minor cosmetic differences.  They can be ordered with any reed quality including handmade.

I owned two; one in D/G and the other in C#/D.  Both excellent accordions.
They sound good..what kinda price though?


Could be anybody's guess over the last few months. :o  :( :(

Depends where you go though. IMHO, the best place in the UK is here...

This is the main Dutch dealer's pricelist from 2008... which is going to be a bit stale... but gives more ideas on models than Serenellini's own website does. Notice how the SellĂ­/Lady is available with various stop combinations.

From the dealer's postings on marktplaats.nl, I gather some of the models (Lady and SellĂ­, possibly others) are now available in colour laquer too - blue, red, yellow, possibly more...

****Temporary link to relevant marktplaats listing, by way of illustration****


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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #87 on: March 19, 2009, 12:30:22 PM »

Replacing one letter with an apostrophe is not a contraction, just a mistake.

I wander'd lonely as a cloud

Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't

Dared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet--
For so this side of our known world esteem'd him--
Did slay this Fortinbras; who by a seal'd compact

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #88 on: March 19, 2009, 01:10:19 PM »

"Bass's" is just another example of the ubiquitous grocer's apostrophe.  (:)

Oh.  From the outset I thought it was a possessive apostrophe.  I was wondering which of Bass's things we didn't understand, and when we were going to get around to discussing them.  And who is this Bass anyway?
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #89 on: March 19, 2009, 04:08:14 PM »

My melodeon's have 8 bases - dus that make them a concertinas?
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #90 on: March 19, 2009, 04:50:04 PM »

Replacing one letter with an apostrophe is not a contraction, just a mistake.

I wander'd lonely as a cloud

Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't

Dared to the combat; in which our valiant Hamlet--
For so this side of our known world esteem'd him--
Did slay this Fortinbras; who by a seal'd compact

 ;D
My copy of Wordsworth has "wandered".

As for that Shakespeare . . . just goes to show he wasn't perfect. (:) (Apparently he hardly ever spelled his name the same way twice, and never used that particular spelling).
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #91 on: March 19, 2009, 05:00:42 PM »

As for that Shakespeare . . . just goes to show he wasn't perfect. (:) (Apparently he hardly ever spelled his name the same way twice, and never used that particular spelling).
well if ole Shakey-piers can get away with it..... ;)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #92 on: March 19, 2009, 05:17:57 PM »

"Bass's" is just another example of the ubiquitous grocer's apostrophe.  (:)

Oh.  From the outset I thought it was a possessive apostrophe.  I was wondering which of Bass's things we didn't understand, and when we were going to get around to discussing them.  And who is this Bass anyway?

Surely if it were possessive then it would be Bass'?
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #93 on: March 19, 2009, 05:34:42 PM »

Surely if it were possessive then it would be Bass'? 

It depends who you ask.  If I'm not mistaken, your usage is sometimes described as an "alternative practice".  Which sounds very fishy to me.  If you're already playing the melodeon in your spare time, you might want to cut down on other alternative practices, just to be on the safe side. 
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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #94 on: March 19, 2009, 05:40:37 PM »

What's fishy about bass?

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #95 on: March 19, 2009, 07:27:26 PM »

What's fishy about bass?

Oh... just had a terrible flashback there...

Anyone remember these vile abominations from Christmas a few years back? :o ;D

Gawd, talk about thread drift lurch... first Jimmy Shand, then grammer, now singing fish... ::)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #96 on: March 19, 2009, 08:15:43 PM »

My melodeon's have 8 bases - dus that make them a concertinas?
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Nope, aeolas :-)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #97 on: March 19, 2009, 09:09:50 PM »

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #98 on: March 20, 2009, 08:18:24 AM »

My melodeon's have 8 bases - dus that make them a concertinas?
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Nope, aeolas :-)

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Re: Voices and Bass's - things I don't understand
« Reply #99 on: March 20, 2009, 09:07:53 AM »


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Gawd, talk about thread drift lurch... first Jimmy Shand, then grammer, now singing fish..

Oh dear...so much thread drift
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