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\"Max\"<\/a>
Max the bass concertina, built by Colin & Rosalie Dipper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A tune to honour the wonderful Dipper family of Heytesbury, Wilts; musicians, instrument makers and all-round good eggs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Sept ’25) Turns out that this is not an original tune. It has a very<\/em> close resemblance to Da Slockit Light<\/a> by Shetland fiddler Tom Anderson<\/a> (1910-91), which I didn’t know I knew. The original is a lovely tune and I hope that my misremembered refashioning of it as a hornpipe is not too dreadful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

All three of the Pressed Men have a concertina built by the Dippers: Dick has played a Dipper G\/D Anglo since the 1980s, I acquired Max, the bass English (above), in the early 2000s, and Ian finally realised a long-held ambition to have a G\/D Anglo in October 2021. We all went to Heytesbury to collect it and spent a very happy afternoon sitting in the sunshine with Colin and Rosalie, “running-in” the new instrument with its band-mates. I named the next tune I came up with (28th Nov) “Dippers’ Delight or Dippers’ Maggot” to remind us of the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the tune in ABC notation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X: 1\nT: Dippers' Delight or Dippers' Maggot\nC: Mark Fry\nN: 28th Nov 2021. Also known as The North Shropshire Hornpipe after the famous LibDem by-election win, 16\/12\/21\nM: 12\/8\nL: 1\/8\nQ: 165\nR: Hornpipe\nK: Dmaj\nF2E | D3F3 A3d2e | f2ed2c d3A3 | B2cd2B A2cd2F | G2FE2D A3F2E |\n      D3F3 A3d2e | f2ed2c d3A3 | B2cd2B A2GF2E | F3D3D3 :| \nd3 |: c2de2d c2AB2c | d3f3 d6  | e2fg2f e2dc2B | c3A3 A6 | \n      B2cd2B A2cd2F | G2FE2D A3F2E | D2FA2c d2cd2e | f3d3d6 :<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
And here’s the score as a PDF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n