Ja Hej!
I do thank all of you for your responses to my inquiry on the free reed sol'n to Scandie music. We are blessed in the Northwest USA with some exraordinary violen and hardanger players, play on! There's a violen player of the Seattle Symphony just a couple houses down the way whom I might be able to convert...but seriously. My free reed instrument needs to be portable as I plan to practise at work..between 'calls' for an ambulance company at a rest station with the ability to carry it to the next call. So, I've heard neither the English nor the Duet played in real life so I cannot really judge which instrument would best suit my needs. Gosh, the popular accordian shop in town, Petosas, sold their last Wheatstone (type?)years ago.Hm.m...any leads to comparative tunes between the two and their sounds? I believe the sound of tomorrow will be in a very portable instrument, concertina not excluded.
regards
Polska