I'm patiently waiting reports on what goodies Santa brought you all.

A bunch of musical instruments off EBay, only one of which has actually
arrived yet (a very strange old German recorder in A, which sounds
amazing). The main one is a Continental chromatic button accordion.
I've wanted one for a long time, partly for Scottish music and partly
so I can exercise my fantasies of being a pulsating-with-passion tango
bandsman or scruffy Parisian musette player in the obligatory ribbed
sweater and seaman's cap (though I draw the line at smoking Gitanes).

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