Hi Andrew,

Welcome.  We have a couple of other members who are CW chaplains as well (myself included). 

John,

Thank you for the welcome. I am not an ordained minister, however, I am a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ ... so a dual purpose ... ministry & reenacting ... well, also music.

Hello Andy,

Nice to see you here. If you have the time, you should come to the Antietam Early Banjo Gathering and bring your accordions so that people can learn about what you do. It'd also be great to play some music with you and your instruments.

Best regards,

Greg

Hi Andrew,

Welcome. What sort of accordion? There are a few other "bellowheads" lurking amongst this crowd. Myself among them.

Hello Ian, and thank you for the welcome. I have read a few of the past posts including the one where you posted a picture "Not a Banjo" (a 1850's Busson Accordeon). This is the type of instruments (French Accordeon/Flutina) to which I am refering. I hope not to be breaking protocol for this forum, however, if you are interested please visit www.VictorianAccordeon.com also Victorian Accordeon on Facebook ... all are welcome. I fixed a reed on Dave Culgan's Accordeon, and just recently met Greg Adams (at the Washington Soiree) where I had played Accordeon at a ladies, civil war, tea. I hope that we can talk further about this as you seem to be well versed in this type of instrument also.

Welcome, not that I'm around that much, but I am one of the other free-reed tolerators here.  I have a small collection of early accordeon tutors, 1840s and thereafter, and have posted about them a few times, here.  But when I play -- not very regularly -- it's almost always on a modern bayan (Russian CBA).

It's something like lactose tolerance, only for free reeds.