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03 Dec 08 - 02:21 PM (#2507038) Subject: dick miles concertina From: The Sandman I suffered a bad fire last night,and have had my best concertina badly damaged. I am feeling really bad. I click on to my personal page,and theres a mail from a mod asking me not to send anonymous guest messages. I have spent the whole day trying to clear up fire debris,I have not had time to post messages,let alone childish stuff,pretending to be anyone else. I havent logged off[let alonr be an anonymous guest] from this site for months,give me a break,please. .Dick Miles |
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03 Dec 08 - 02:31 PM (#2507050) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Ruth Archer Dick: that is very bad news. Thinking of you. Joan |
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03 Dec 08 - 02:33 PM (#2507054) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Tyke I'm sorry to hear that Dick (Miles) I know just how attached you can get to any instrument. As I have tried to point out many times in the many threads about lending out musical instruments. I have even sung along with my mate Mick Haywood whilst guarding the bar in the Plough in Whitby when they had a small Fire. The Night Old Dun Cow caught Fire. I can however recommend Mike Acott Concertinas to you he is at 33 Kelvin Road Ipswich Suffolk IP15EH http://www.mike-acott-concertinas.co.uk/ Tel 01473 743080 mob 07818055100 You may know him he is a Member of the superb Shaty Group Capstan Full Strength. O shut up you wimp he can always claim the scorches were caused by playing too fast! (you need to read the Thread Multiple personalities to under stand the Humore of that statement)thread.cfm?threadid=116681&messages=10#2507049 |
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03 Dec 08 - 02:57 PM (#2507070) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: The Borchester Echo That's horrible, Dick. Hope you're OK. And that your concertina (and everything else) was insured. |
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03 Dec 08 - 03:02 PM (#2507074) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Sleepy Rosie Hi Dick. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. Do you remember your dream about the concertina that you posted on the Folk Dreams thread? Because I do. It had a good ending. I hope all goes well... |
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03 Dec 08 - 03:04 PM (#2507076) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Fidjit Bummer Dick. Are you insured? CHas |
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03 Dec 08 - 03:13 PM (#2507081) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: TheSnail Really sorry to hear that Dick. I know how I'd feel if it was mine. I hope it can be fully restored. Bryan |
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03 Dec 08 - 03:39 PM (#2507092) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: SINSULL Sorry Dick. There isn't much more to say. Mary |
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03 Dec 08 - 04:55 PM (#2507142) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: jacqui.c Sorry Dick - if good wishes could help you have a lot of them coming from Maine. |
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03 Dec 08 - 05:22 PM (#2507162) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: s&r Hope it repairs like new Stu |
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03 Dec 08 - 05:26 PM (#2507165) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Leadfingers As Above Dick !! Hope it is not TOO bad ! Good Luck ! |
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03 Dec 08 - 05:31 PM (#2507167) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Folkiedave Sorry to hear that Dick, I do hope you were insured - but then again I know it aint the same..... Dave |
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03 Dec 08 - 05:32 PM (#2507170) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Alan Day Dick surely this is covered by your contents insurance.Most insurances up to a certain value do not need the items to be named.If you get a quotation for it's repair then there should be no problems.It is most likely that the heat will effect the temper (hardness) of the reeds.This may have been protected by the box it was in however. At least you are OK which is the main thing. Al |
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03 Dec 08 - 06:06 PM (#2507190) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: GUEST,Howard Jones Dick, that's every musician's nightmare. But at least your safe. Best wishes Howard |
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03 Dec 08 - 06:36 PM (#2507215) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Phil Edwards Really sorry to hear that, Dick. Glad you're OK. |
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03 Dec 08 - 06:41 PM (#2507218) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: SylviaN A big hug from me. xxxx Sylvia |
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03 Dec 08 - 06:53 PM (#2507222) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Tootler Sorry to hear that, Dick. |
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03 Dec 08 - 06:57 PM (#2507225) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Steve Gardham Wow! Bad news, man. Is it repairable? When you've had a box for so long it becomes an extension of your body. Deepest sympathies. |
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03 Dec 08 - 07:32 PM (#2507240) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Big Mick We develope such a relationship with these bits of wood and metal, that something like this is a trauma hard to describe. I hope the instruments are salvageable, and repairable. But rest assured, old son, that there is another out there in need of your loving ministrations. ..... and you are safe. Thanks be. Mick |
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03 Dec 08 - 07:39 PM (#2507244) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Bonnie Shaljean Good thoughts from here - very sorry to hear the news. We all know that an instrument is never Just An Instrument. Hope all comes right for you - Bonnie |
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04 Dec 08 - 12:15 AM (#2507378) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: CupOfTea How horrid for you. I've just fallen in love with my first concertina - my "main squeeze" and the idea of a house fire is one of my scariest nightmares - I can understand how awful this can be. Best wishes for recovering/clean up/ getting your life back to normal & prayers for an insurance company that takes good care of you and your concertina. Joanne in Cleveland |
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04 Dec 08 - 02:50 AM (#2507408) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: GUEST,Black Hawk on Works PC Condolences Dick :-) 18 months ago I had a favourite guitar damaged beyond repair & still mourn for it (I cant bring myself to throw the pieces out). 'Bits of wood & metal' they ain't. |
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04 Dec 08 - 04:52 AM (#2507457) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Bryn Pugh Truly sorry to hear this, Dick. Is the 'tina repairable, d'you think ? Good thoughts and wishes from this side of the Celtic Sea, Erica and Bryn |
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04 Dec 08 - 05:09 AM (#2507467) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Marje So sorry to hear your news, Dick. I know how it feels - our family piano was once smashed up by careless removal men and it was heartbreaking. It was eventually restored to something like its former glory, on the insurance, so I hope your concertina can be mended too. Marje |
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04 Dec 08 - 05:12 AM (#2507469) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: banjoman Sorry to hear about your problem - hope you are OK and that you can recoup something from the mess. You were spoken of of with fond memories at the recent Whitchurch Folk Festival Reunion Keep smiling |
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04 Dec 08 - 05:19 AM (#2507474) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: VirginiaTam Just too much in one go. Poor Mr. Miles What a terrible thing to have happen. Hope a good foster instrument can be found while (trying to maintain positive outlook) your own is being repaired. Also hope the issue with mistaken identity by moderator is resolved happily too. Blessings Tam |
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04 Dec 08 - 07:55 AM (#2507532) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: GUEST,The black belt caterpillar wrestler Best wishes and I hope that repairs can be effected. Someone somewhere will have the technoloy, but will your insurance cover it? I know what I felt like when my G/D anglo was stolen, however, I was lucky and got it back within 7 months, though I had to go to court to prove it was mine. Should loss of an instrument be up there on that famous list of stressful life events, along with berievement, divorce etc. Robin Madge |
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04 Dec 08 - 09:21 AM (#2507594) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: The Sandman thanks, everyone. a banjo suffered too,needs new machine heads,the gearing seems to have gone. I am still cleaning/clearing up,thanks everyone for your thoughts. fortunately I have a very good tenor treble,so I am not concertina less. but I feel I have let it down. |
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04 Dec 08 - 09:57 AM (#2507622) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: theleveller Dreadful news, Dick - been there and you have my sympathy. I hope everything will be restored as good as before. |
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04 Dec 08 - 11:39 AM (#2507705) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: billybob Oh dear, Dick, Bill and I send our love.Having a house fire is a dreadful thing, so much mess and the clearing up is never ending. I do hope the damage to the house was not too bad,but the loss of the concertina and damage to the banjo must have shaken you up so much. However, as a long time friend, I have to say "thank goodness you are safe!!!!!!" Wish we were not so far away and could help with the clearing up. I am speaking to Barry this evening and I know he will send his best wishes too, he enjoyed playing the violin with you last year so much. take care, love and hugs Wendy |
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04 Dec 08 - 11:49 AM (#2507713) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Waddon Pete Thinking of you Dick Best wishes, Peter |
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04 Dec 08 - 12:30 PM (#2507755) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Brian Peters That's a shocker, Dick. I know how precious my own best instrument is to me. Hope things aren't too much of a mess and that the repairs are affordable. All the best, Brian |
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04 Dec 08 - 12:59 PM (#2507779) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Sugwash That's rough luck Dick, hope it all turns out alright in the end. Resurgem. |
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04 Dec 08 - 01:30 PM (#2507801) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: PoppaGator It's obvious how traumatic this loss must have been, because Dick doesn't offer a single word about the condition of his home or of any other possessions (besides that banjo). I've never experienced such a loss, but for a while in late 2005 I was in suspense, not knowing whether my irepaceable one-and-only guitar was OK after I had left it home when evacuating for Hurricane Katrina. I was fairly confident that the floodwaters would not have risen as high as the top of a bed on the second floor ~ and in the end, the guitar had indeed survived. But for the long month-and-a-half during which we were unable to return home to survey the damage, there was still an element of doubt and I was worried sick. Dick, you have my sincerest sysmpathy. |
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04 Dec 08 - 02:58 PM (#2507863) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: BB Our sympathies, Dick, but glad to know that you're OK at least. Hope things aren't as bad as they seem at first. It isn't the first time mistakes have been made as to identity, and sometimes it's easy to jump to conclusions - so our sympathies, even empathy, on that too. Barbara & Tom |
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04 Dec 08 - 03:06 PM (#2507874) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Peter the Squeezer Really sorry to hear that, Dick. We get so attached to our instruments, they almost become parts of us. As long as YOU are ok, then it's not as bad as it could be. |
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04 Dec 08 - 05:02 PM (#2508021) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: trevek Sorry to hear that, Dick. Glad YOU ar OK, tho'. |
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05 Dec 08 - 03:01 AM (#2508339) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: GUEST,Seamus Kennedy Hey Dick - glad that you and Cathy are OK. PM me please. Seamus |
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05 Dec 08 - 05:11 AM (#2508417) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Will Fly Dick - is the concertina on your web page the one that was damaged? It's always heartwrenching when a favourite instrument suffers damage. We get so close to them through years of practice and performing. I hope it - and therefore you - gets better soon. Regards, Will |
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05 Dec 08 - 11:57 AM (#2508707) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Big Al Whittle so sorry to hear about the fire. I was pretty shocked when Brian peters told me how much a decent concertina costs. Will you have to replace the instrument? How many of us would need to buy an album to help you on the way to getting a new one? all best wishes al |
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05 Dec 08 - 12:28 PM (#2508741) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Bernard At least it was the concertina, and not you, Dick. So it isn't all bad, is it?! On the up side, the replacement could even turn out to be better than the damaged one (assuming it isn't economic to repair). Bloody inconvenient, though - which is probably the understatement of the year! Next time I see you I hope the news is good! |
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05 Dec 08 - 12:54 PM (#2508777) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: folkwaller Had an instrument of mine run over by a car a while back. I know how you are feeling. Fortunately mine was repairable. Good luck. |
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05 Dec 08 - 04:11 PM (#2508934) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: The Sandman Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Will Fly - PM Date: 05 Dec 08 - 05:11 AM Dick - is the concertina on your web page the one that was damaged? It's always heartwrenching when a favourite instrument suffers damage. We get so close to them through years of practice and performing. I hope it - and therefore you - gets better soon. Regards, Will Yes,it was built about 1909,and had been put to its best by Steve Dickinson,and played like a dream . I am hoping that he can,perform a miracle. |
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05 Dec 08 - 05:45 PM (#2509023) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Surreysinger Dick - really sorry to hear this. It's a shocker having a house fire anyway, but suffering damage to an instrument like this as well?? At least you are OK. Hope that your miracle can be achieved. Best wishes, Irene. |
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05 Dec 08 - 11:32 PM (#2509160) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Big Mick Just makes me ill to think of such a treasure being damaged, especially one you had such a great relationship with. Please keep us posted. Mick |
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06 Dec 08 - 05:36 AM (#2509232) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Dave Sutherland Very sorry to hear this - a craftsman cherishes the tools of his trade. |
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09 Dec 08 - 12:55 PM (#2510839) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: The Sandman today ,I sent it off to be [hopefully]repaired. thanks again, everyone. |
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09 Dec 08 - 02:03 PM (#2510908) Subject: RE: dick miles concertina From: Bernard Steve Turner sends his condolences, Dick. Let's hope for a speedy and successful recovery! |