Have no idea if this is relevent, but here's my latest toy.

Um...that's gorgeous! Source? Price?

The wife and I have often toyed with the idea of getting squeezebox of some sort. That one's awful purty.

Homewood, Alabama. I'd recommend going with a standard C/G anglo to start with (the pic is of a rather more rarified instrument) ... Or go and visit Bob and see what he's got ...
Price on application ...
Oh, and if'n you want lessons, come to my island in October next year ...

Yow! $1800? :eek: I believe I *will* look for something a bit less rarified at that.

You've gotta admire the fine woodwork, though.

Limey is that vintage? You don't see nice scrollwork like that anymore.

Is this what you had in mind? ;)


Mama's got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest

'Cause she's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

Made for me by Mr Tedrow this year, dar. Hence the price tag (there's a lot of fiddly stuff inside, too, springs'n'levers'n'valves'n'all ...)

That is a thing of beauty, thanks for sharing limey!

No, I was actually thinking more along the lines of a musical instrument, but then Mrs Els *does* often say:

"Squeeze me...c'mon and squeeze me
C'mon and please me like you do
I'm so in love with you"
Mama's got a squeeze box, daddy never sleeps at night

Why thankee Griff! I have a couple of vintage instruments which I'll get round to posting at some point ... they're fab, too!

Why wait, eh? This one's about 100 years old (apart from the hand-straps):

Very pretty! How long have you been playing?

Since 1999. What you see before you is a concertina, an "Anglo-German" concertina (there are many systems and you don't want to get me started on all that ;) ). It's basically a couple of harmonicas stuck together and bellows- (rather than lungs-) operated.

Beautiful. Stunning. Wow.

Thank you. I'll take a pic of the insides, too, at some point - though once you get the end off it's more of a dodad than a musical instrument somehow ....