Ptollemy’s one hundred and thirty-nine comments

I agree with KenC - definitely try to get a chance to play them if you can. Having tried both, I personally prefer my Norman over the Marcus but a have a friend who is very happy with his Marcus preferring it to my Norman! 🙂 more…

It’s not streaming but I subscribe to Comhaltas Live and get download a weekly video of people playing tunes. If you want to check it out, go to www.comhaltaslive.ie more…

Harp, Piano, Concertina more…

Executive Support Officer for the State Government more…

Not all Stagi’s are leaky and stiff, and they can make very good first instruments. Mine held me in good stead for two years before I upgraded. more…

Thank you so much to everyone for their imput. I ended up spending approx $700 for a 1973 Kaiser - the sound lept out and latched onto me the instant I heard it played. I was less concerned with age/label etc and more instant in what the sound was like. more…

Thank you to you both, muchly appreciated. 🙂 more…

I’m looking at learning the fiddle, went to the local violin/cello shop and was advised to look into what kind of fiddle setup/ strings etc I would want, that would be more suited for ITM. Help! This is all totally new to me. more…

I recently got hold of a copy of the Comhaltas Foinn Seisiun books and discovered that some of the tunes we play at a local beginners slow sessions are in different keys to those in the books. more…

www.concertina.net is an excellent resource for info on concertinas (Anglo and English!) :D more…