sheepdip’s forty-four comments

Dave Elliott's "Concertina Manual" is a thorough solution for our everyday problems. But for me, tuning each reed is best left to the experienced, as is fixing leaks in the "drop-down" test when the hanging concertina still descends too fast and you've tr... more…

I don't think that's Josephine Keegan in the back row. It looks like Catherine McEvoy. more…

You are a lucky guy as they are the real deal. Hope someone recorded it. more…

It's the first publication that I know of the local musicians & céilí bands in the area. 140 pages of biographies, photos and music scores with the two cd's reflecting the cross-section of the tradition. The C & W singer Susan McCann from one photo star... more…

You can find a copy of it on my wall! Framed alongside Paddy in the Smoke (original) and Kathleen Collins. (Moved house and digitised the vinyls). more…

Many thanks for the offers. The LPs have now found a good home. more…

Am moving house shortly, does anyone want my collection of 37 LPs? mostly 1970/1980s. Many never reissued on CD or online, such as Topic or Outlet label. Little played as I copied them to cassette and for 30 years they sat in a cupboard. more…

Glenn Watson has custom-made a flute for me so I no longer need my 1880's 8- keyed flute. I live in London. more…

I played flute for 17 years with a similar church line up as yours. It was a large-holed improve Pratten flute by Henry Wylde (ca 1875) - so loud on its own. We had microphones into a nearby mixer for different sound levels. If you don't have amplificatio... more…

I first met Paul Davis in the early 1970's when I was trying to buy my first flute. Complaining that the three I had bought were useless he said he had a great one for me and to meet him next week at a London Fleadh Cheoil competition. more…