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[Fungusface]

 Never see many One Rows made by the popular good makers.

Would say avoiding the orange box wood and skills in Origami,and flattened bean tins of red China........all I have seen is

One rows made and start at:: Rees Homemader,, Hohner, then The Max, then all classic cajun boxes.wonder why  1 rows not popular
I feel a change is as good as a holiday.

many say they cant play certain boxes in different keys but I would say a bad workman always blames his tools,what difference does what key its in a tune is a tune.of course thats thoughts of an inexperianced player like myself..different if in a band I suppose.

Someone told me cajun boxes are just normal but slightly offtune.

I used to collect  wines and always wanted a "lafite 47" and after getting it few year later craze was over,just fancied a change
never sold or swopped just broke unintentionally. cest la vive.

[LDbosca]

There's probably less demand for them, particularly from continental makers who sell the majority of their instruments to continental musicians, even though they sell units to Ireland and Great Britain. I suppose two-row's more popular in general because a lot more can be done with it.

orange box wood and skills in Origami,and flattened bean tins of red China

[LDbosca]

Hang on, origami's Japanese...

[Christopher K.]

Hang on, origami's Japanese...

...and Tombo formerly made a one-row. 

[Fungusface]

Jings yer right japanese.

[HallelujahAl]

...and Tombo formerly made a one-row.

And still do make a very good line of one-rows - otherwise known as 'Lee Oskar' harmonicas. Tombo's own label tremolo harmonicas are fantastic - none better in my experience. Though they're not cheap!
AL

[Ziachmusi/Louise]

Udo Schneeberger makes a one row
http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Deutsche-Harmonika/index.htm

[Kautilya]

Udo Schneeberger makes a one row
http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Deutsche-Harmonika/index.htm

Is this for Morris dancers? How do they use it?

http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Teufelsgeige/index.htm

[michik]

Udo Schneeberger makes a one row
http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Deutsche-Harmonika/index.htm

Is this for Morris dancers? How do they use it?

http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Teufelsgeige/index.htm

Also called 'bumbass'  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumbass
It is a multi purpose percussion instrument

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH5DbM93pS8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjbTXyjohw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aANSE1Vc5BQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYlWqIdFbvM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1MifJmpWB8

[Owen Woods]

I want one

[Pushpull]

Udo Schneeberger makes a one row
http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Deutsche-Harmonika/index.htm

Is this for Morris dancers? How do they use it?

http://www.schneeberg-harmonika.de/Teufelsgeige/index.htm

It's not actually "for" morris dancing though some (usually Border) morris sides use something similar. It's just a device for providing a rhythm, though some, like this, have a string to provide a rudementary bass. I've seen something similar used by a baroque double reed ensemble (oboes and bassoons) and I would imagine they were just one of the devices in the armoury of itinerent musicians in the middle ages.

[Andy Next Tune]

I want one

Its just a posh lagerphone with a foreign name!  ......drifts over to another thread and returns....Interesting to get Ollie's view on the Teufelsgeige 

[Ollie]

I want one

Its just a posh lagerphone with a foreign name!  ......drifts over to another thread and returns....Interesting to get Ollie's view on the Teufelsgeige 

Hehe, it even looks like a Morris dancer.  Still not a substitute for bells, but...

I want one too. 

[Chris Ryall]

Just to say daughter Dols took me to see Groanbox at one of Clerkenwell's 'underground' (literally!) clubs last week. I can heartily recommend the group - they even have an accordionist.

Paul Clifford seems to play every form of percussion apart from drum and cymbal! He did a Lagerphone "break" on one of their later numbers - nicely demonstrating that it doesn't have to be an instrument of mirth at all.  The last video on the link has him well out in the audience - but the performance I saw was much more dynamic.

  PS Groanbox also wear leg bells - and let their videos run - you get another one!

  PS-2 Sorry for stupedly putting nothing in the link 

[pgroff]

Fungusface,

I read a couple of your threads and I know you are looking at a Max now.

The Max is a nice melodeon and I know a couple of guys who have them. They aren't necessary the easiest to handle (a lot of guys make modifications of various types) but they are small and sound great.

But here's another option you could check out (see link below for example). These little 20th century organettos are really light. I especially like the 4 bass ones for handling ease. They are usually 9 buttons in the main row (enough for most tunes) with 1 -3 buttons in a partial inside row. They often have MML with a stop to control the low reed. Sometimes that low reed is not present on the lowest melody button.

Paolo Soprani as well as many other good Italian makers made them and still do. The period of this ebay box is a good one.

THis one might go for $200 or so.... maybe more since I am effectively advertising it. Sometimes they go for a lot less. There is another similar one also on ebay now.

I would budget 1/3 of your money for the accordion and 2/3 to get it overhauled by your favorite technician since it will need wax, leathers, maybe a little careful trimming to free the wooden levers if the keyboard has warped a little, maybe some gluing of the corner joints.... even if they look perfect on ebay, they won't be. But definitely only bid on one that *does* look perfect or nearly so. If they are really worn out they will not be worth repairing.

Also they are often in odd keys such as C#, B, or F#, which may be no problem for your solo playing (or you can get the reeds swapped).

But there is something very beautiful and playable about these models for quiet playing at home. Even after investing in the overhaul they can be a bargain, much less than a Max and sometimes less than a new Hohner. I don't know how often the ones from this period show up on ebay in the UK but North America has seen many Italian immigrants and established Italian communities that kept bringing these across the Atlantic throughout the last hundred years.

Here's the link (finishes soon):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310220319138

Ebay item number:
310220319138

Best of luck,

Paul