Thanks for the suggestion jonm, I had unconciously been doing just that and it's coming along. I did meet a fellow concertina player tonight! He plays anglo and english and is planning to move to Montreal from nearby so I guess I will have someone to go over things with.

On the whole I think I've been lucky so far. I think my choice of the english system was the right one for me. I bought mine knowing almost nothing, on ebay from a company in Michigan I think. It was something like $250 US and has a loud clear sound that is in tune with itself and other instruments. It's a 30 button english which has been fine for all the tunes I've tried so far. This other player had a 45 button english made 20 years ago or so for $800 US and his only problem with it was it was quiet, and he wanted a louder one. Myself I could do with a second, quieter 'tina to accompany my singing. As for playing the diddly tunes with guitar and fiddles the one I have now is just fine.

Maybe I'm rambling a bit but I'm just having so much fun with it! .......