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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #40 on: November 12, 2019, 11:48:58 PM »

What about those ( mad-ones ) who try to build or actually build a melodeon, its a project box but not quite.
Surely an extra amount of madness required!! Add in those working / repairing them too!
A lot of work for not much do re mi , nuts! ;D

And then the teachers should get a badge! And a stiff drink:)
When I look back at what I knew when I started, oh my !! ( still clueless with a bit more knowledge)

I got most of the melodeons I have, for playing music or for learning to play music.
But there are a few that just fell into my possession  ;)

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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #41 on: November 13, 2019, 12:19:09 AM »

MAD = Melodeon Aquisition Disorder.
You have it when you find yourself almost, if not quite, impulse buying melodeons in quantities way beyond those which are good you.
Building your own melodeon is not a sign of MAD.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #42 on: November 13, 2019, 12:26:28 AM »

I have one, maybe two boxes that will stay with me. All the rest are lodgers and will make their own way in the world when they are good and ready.
I might acquire more tunes, though that is a tad different.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #43 on: November 13, 2019, 01:09:06 AM »

MAD = Melodeon Aquisition Disorder.
You have it when you find yourself almost, if not quite, impulse buying melodeons in quantities way beyond those which are good you.
Building your own melodeon is not a sign of MAD.

Ok , I have two that where just giving to me not bought that are not much good to me. That probably counts a bit.
I did have to buy parts to make them whole again and I do have to buy ( acquire) melodeon parts to make one.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #44 on: November 13, 2019, 05:05:51 AM »

My MAD Index score of 0.083 probably indicates a different pathological obsession.
I've identified about 1,200 tunes that I can play reasonably well from memory on melodeon, and that must be clogging up a significant part of my ageing brain.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #45 on: November 24, 2019, 07:43:41 PM »

It took my a while to count the boxes (including unplayables that aren't actually Works in Progress).

My MAD Index is 14.32 .....  but at least the ironing board is a melodeon free zone.
 
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #46 on: December 08, 2019, 09:03:20 AM »

Given that the number of tunes know is difficult to define being a variable that varies too much I have come up with my own simpler calculation - and a way of reducing my box score at the same time. Given that in this house we both play melodeon but I am the one with the collecting habit I have decided to add up the total number of boxes in the house and divide by the number of players.

It is reassuring to know that I actually own so few boxes, so few in fact that I don't even qualify for the soubriquet 'Nine Box Nellie' any more.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #47 on: December 08, 2019, 01:41:52 PM »

It is reassuring to know that I actually own so few boxes, so few in fact that I don't even qualify for the soubriquet 'Nine Box Nellie' any more.

Are you including other free reed squeezy things in this arithmetic?
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #48 on: December 08, 2019, 10:38:56 PM »

Given that the number of tunes know is difficult to define being a variable that varies too much I have come up with my own simpler calculation - and a way of reducing my box score at the same time. Given that in this house we both play melodeon but I am the one with the collecting habit I have decided to add up the total number of boxes in the house and divide by the number of players.

It is reassuring to know that I actually own so few boxes, so few in fact that I don't even qualify for the soubriquet 'Nine Box Nellie' any more.


If you estimate that you can play aprox 80 tunes then 9 boxes is (just) normal. In much the way some of the old 1 rows are (just) tuned in just temperament.



(9)2/(80+1)= 1.0

How does "Nine Box Normal" appeal as a handle?
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #49 on: December 12, 2019, 08:27:54 AM »

Being innumerate .......wot?  :o
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #50 on: December 13, 2019, 08:24:25 PM »

81 divided by 81 is 1..

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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #51 on: August 23, 2020, 03:49:20 PM »

Update

(6-1)2/(36+1) = 25/37 = 0,68 = still healthy (was 0,64 november 2019)
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #52 on: May 30, 2021, 07:26:02 PM »

11 working, 3 not working, one flutina (iffy), and 2 anglos, both needing work.

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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #53 on: May 30, 2021, 07:36:56 PM »

Badly lagging behind in the MAD department. A mere three melodeons, two concertinas, and a piano accordion 🙂.

... and a large but indeterminate number of harmonicas.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #54 on: May 30, 2021, 07:51:39 PM »

...and a piano accordion 🙂...

aka a box of spare reeds.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #55 on: May 30, 2021, 08:30:19 PM »

Some people seem to have too much spare time to postulate mathematical equations related to how many melodeon/accordions one owns. Maybe you need to be squeezing more often.

Every one of my boxes came to me in a memorable way. They each have a unique sound or personality. They are scattered around the house. When I am in the mood to squeeze out a tune, one is always within reach.

Some of my melodeon/accordions have been passed along to others who have great appreciation for a particular squeezebox. These are people who love the sound of a particular box and are not likely to flip it on eBay a day later.

I also have the "basket cases" which are useful for spare parts.


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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #56 on: May 31, 2021, 12:00:08 PM »

Index about 22/100. I am down to just 2 boxes. My Lilly has been with …  other people for 8 years.

It was five + 2 +concertinas at one point, 1990s. I then tended to sell & replace for a decade or so, while evolving a “melodeons should be played” philosophy, and a “one box per festival” policy.

My Damascene progress was aided by ex wife running of with a gypsy, and also our bagpipes, trombone, gurdy etcetera. My progress to 3-row designer kit aided by a driver who put me in ITU for a week, but was insured 👍 and plea bargained “dangerous” when offered “reckless” by the cops”

I’d criticise the index maths, in squaring the n of melodeons it super inflates the index for those of us still in melodeon horticultural stage, which I regard as healthy.

Basically the kit just … circulates? Much of it is second hand, and my hobby didn’t really cost until I had that chat with Gaillard. Most boxes … went for a bit more than I’d paid (in a time of inflation).

I would appeal to folk with 2-3 rarely played melodeons to find these “good new homes” 🤔
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #57 on: May 31, 2021, 03:48:41 PM »

Well, you say that Chris, but I disagree. I have 2 boxes that I play regularly, a D/G  bandoneon tuned pressed wood, and a G/C with a varnished wooden case, and a gold Greek Key pattern, the model name/number of which, I don't know. The others mostly sit on the shelf, but dang me, they look real purty ! Sometimes I looks at them, and rubs me 'ands, and calls them "My Precious", but I assure you that's quite normal.

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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #58 on: May 31, 2021, 04:38:39 PM »

I'm quite happy buying any box I like the look of (under £100) and sorting it out to play nicely. New valves, wax etc and tuning.
If I take to it I'll keep it for the moment otherwise I sell it and someone gets a nice box and that frees up some money for the next project.
Having said that, I notice I've got 7 or 8 Liliput/Preciosa boxes in various states from derelict to gorgeous. There may be a glut on the market soon.
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Re: The MAD Index
« Reply #59 on: May 31, 2021, 05:16:16 PM »



Nov 2019  my score was 12.8  and I felt normal,

 now I am up to 22.5  . . . . . . .  and I feel cured.   (:)    Totally  cured!
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