Howdyall, Deb Collins here... Here in the U.S.A. we have just finished celebrating the Memorial Day HolidayWeekend. This is a very busy time for musicians in...
Hello: I have worn out my Hohner HA 114, so I am planning to have a handmade Cajun one row accordion built for Quebecois/Irish playing. The (Cajun) builder is...
Salut, I saw le Vent du Nord in Windsor last Sunday. It was a beautiful show as always. After the show, I picked up Olivier and Nicolas’ new CD “Un peu...
Hello everyone, First of all, I should say how happy I am to have found this group, especially since I have recently moved to Michigan from QC and it seems ...
How did the rubber hinges work - I can't picture it. I have short boards (about 18 inches square, fit in a large-ish suitcase) that sit in front of a chair...
In honor of Canada's national aboriginal day, today, June 21, I've uploaded a tune to the sound files section. it's called K'nikanik. That's the name of a bush...
Hi Winslow, The board was made of two seperate pieces of wood--the bottom piece was cut to provide rails for the sides of the board (to lift it slightly), and...
Anjili - My boards also have supports to lift them sligfhtly off the floor - one along the back, two along the right and left sides, and one parallel to those...
Hi Winslow, Well, I built a board much like your smaller ones, and it occurred to me that I could anchor it by attaching a leather strap in the back (part that...
Hope this is not too late to be of help. Here's my two cents (actually 10 cents) worth: The main difference between Cajun and Quebec tuning is that Cajun boxes...
Louis - What you describe may be an accurate description of a Cajun box but it's not just intontation. In just intonation on a C instrument, E, A, and B would...
Winslow, Thanks for the clarification - you are right. It's not exactly just intonation but variation where only the thirds and sevenths are flatted and the...
Hi, Is it Detroit you moved to? In addition to the Detroit groups, there is a French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan, with a quarterly journal, mostly...
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the advice! Do the shelf liners affect the sound at all (i.e., muffle a bit?) Or maybe they cut down on the feedback (for lack of a better...
I put little rubber feet on mine. This helps to eliminate unwanted impact sounds of the floor and the board hitting each other if one of them is a little...
Speaking of using nothing special. My sister Jeanette plays French tunes on the buttonbox accordion. She was born in Noranda and I in Hartford, CT. Never...
Anjili, Welcome to the list. Bravo. I'm very interested in your project, as one of those (2nd generation) "displaced quebecois," my dad having moved to...
Yes--my point exactly! My grandfather taught me how to tap on our wood floor by gluing pennies to my shoes so I could distinguish the toe and heel sounds, and...
Hi Lucy, Fantastic! If anyone in your family is at all interested in participating in the project, please do let me know. My idea is to do a "critical"...
André Marchand and Grey Larsen will present their Irish and French-Canadian music and song at a house concert on Saturday, July 1st in W. Lafayette, Indiana....
Hi Anjili, Yes, they do affect the sound, though for better or worse would depend on the situation, I guess, as you suggested. I'm just a now- and-then at-home...
When the builders get the reeds (from the Italians) ntyere are already in 12 TET or Equal tempered tuning... It's real simple.. just have them check and...
The Clackamore is a little wooden spoon that has a little wooden mallet drilled at an exact angle with a dowel into the bottom of the handle of the spoon. You...
Hi Jeff, Thanks a lot for the info--I checked out the website and you're right--it seems like the main interest is in geneaology, which is great, but I think...
Anjii The bonbarb is often confused with bonbarde, a type of flute from France. Also Francr uses the term guimbarde. But I have heard bonbarb (or bonbarbe?)...
I have heard and read of it as "bombarde" among some quebeckers (though some object to the term and insist on "guimbarde," as noted by Anjili). In the old...
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