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Matt (Kings Norton)

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Obsession
« on: July 20, 2014, 05:42:10 PM »
I went into a cafe in Kings Heath yesterday and this was on the side.  Straight away the thought went through my mind, flippin heck that's ornate, must be for the Italian market, I wonder how many basses.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2014, 09:24:14 PM »
I think it has 8 basses. It uses a unique drawer system for the reeds and servicing. Very nice, but quite heavy.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2014, 09:48:46 PM »
    If it has been tuned properly, there should be a distinct 'clack' to every key press, and a unique 'ker-ching' intermittedly when playing...  >:E
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2014, 09:48:56 PM »
It will swallow all your money!
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2014, 11:24:16 PM »
Given its age, if it is from the UK, it probably uses an archaic tuning system with one octave having 12intervals, and the other having 20 intervals.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2014, 11:45:54 PM »
I would not advise anybody called A,A,Ar, Arkwright to try and p,p,p, play one. You will be better of with an Emmanuel.
« Last Edit: July 20, 2014, 11:49:33 PM by ACE »
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2014, 12:47:18 AM »
They've a reputation for needing a really good pull to get much in the way of notes out.

Nothing from Q - hope he's not been detained inspecting its internals..................

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Re: Obsession
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2014, 10:58:35 AM »
Quote from: EastAnglianTed on July 20, 2014, 09:48:46 PM
If it has been tuned properly, there should . . .  a unique 'ker-ching' intermittedly when playing...

Now there's a sound rarely associated with melodeon playing . . .
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2014, 12:13:28 AM »
Quote from: Matthew B on July 26, 2014, 10:58:35 AM
Quote from: EastAnglianTed on July 20, 2014, 09:48:46 PM
If it has been tuned properly, there should . . .  a unique 'ker-ching' intermittedly when playing...

Now there's a sound rarely associated with melodeon playing . . .

But frequently with victims of MAD  ;)
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2014, 07:51:57 AM »
It will probably be in the old LSD tuning.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2014, 10:57:17 AM »
This thread had not registered on me Till now.
As I recall, on a good day they seemed to get heavier to play. It's rumoured that Johnny Cash had one.
  Out of print now is a whole treatise on the machine by Ezra Pound.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2014, 05:11:47 PM »
Didn't realise about Johnny Cash. Never registered before.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2014, 08:07:54 AM »
It will be a big drawer
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2014, 08:22:12 AM »
People love a bad pun, that will never change...
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2014, 11:48:55 PM »
Plenty of change with this box.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2014, 03:05:14 AM »
Any takers for this "type" of melodeon? 
Think it's known as a qwertybox....
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2014, 03:08:04 AM »
And another....
(Photoshop has a lot to answer for....)
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #17 on: July 30, 2014, 06:18:03 AM »
Quote from: Malcolm Clapp on July 30, 2014, 03:08:04 AM
And another....
(Photoshop has a lot to answer for....)

She's not my type!
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #18 on: July 30, 2014, 07:45:19 AM »
You're all just thinking out of the box.
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Re: Obsession
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2014, 08:37:21 AM »
To turn this around .. I've seen several people "typing memos" on their melodeons in the "free improvisation" sessions at Chichillienne. With the right lead in or visual punch line it can be very entertaining. Similarly saxophone bells get used as HMV style record players:|glug
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