sewing machines vs. piano accordions

In the last couple of weeks I have twice carried large heavy objects
between this village and the middle of Edinburgh. One was an old
piano accordion I've just bought and the other was Marion's Janome
6500 sewing machine, going in for repairs (it's better now).

Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion
is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500
reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A

How come they don't make sewing machines you can strap on your front
and walk around with?

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Cuz you'd trip over the electrical cord while walking and sewing? ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in glorious autumn MO.

On Wednesday, October 16, 2013 12:42:25 PM UTC-5, Jack Campin wrote:
In the last couple of weeks I have twice carried large heavy objects

between this village and the middle of Edinburgh. One was an old

piano accordion I've just bought and the other was Marion's Janome

6500 sewing machine, going in for repairs (it's better now).



Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion

is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500

reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A



How come they don't make sewing machines you can strap on your front

and walk around with?



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Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland

mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin

They probably don't make sewing machine that strap on your front to walk
around with because it is to hard to do while eating chocolate/
Just a guess. Glad Marion's machine is better and you have a new toy.

Taria

"Jack Campin" wrote in message
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In the last couple of weeks I have twice carried large heavy objects
between this village and the middle of Edinburgh. One was an old
piano accordion I've just bought and the other was Marion's Janome
6500 sewing machine, going in for repairs (it's better now).

Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion
is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500
reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A

How come they don't make sewing machines you can strap on your front
and walk around with?

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Scotland
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In the last couple of weeks I have twice carried large heavy objects
between this village and the middle of Edinburgh. One was an old
piano accordion I've just bought and the other was Marion's Janome
6500 sewing machine, going in for repairs (it's better now).

Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion
is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500
reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A

How come they don't make sewing machines you can strap on your front
and walk around with?

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e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k
Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin

I can't imagine why not - if you happen to be a contortionist! or would
the the pedal be strapped to your foot?

Pat on the green

"Jack Campin" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion
is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500
reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A

Can't say anything funny/witty/intelligent about the sewing machines but I
love the piece of music you posted. Thank you!

U. - Dead tired but can't sleep...

Which got me thinking. They weigh about the same; maybe the accordion
is a bit heavier, it's an old and very-high-end model with about 500
reeds inside it. But accordionists just stand up and play them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCnOxchEe-A
Can't say anything funny/witty/intelligent about the sewing machines
but I love the piece of music you posted. Thank you!

Interestingly I just came across this:

http://www.michiganaccordion.org/howe/

about an instruction book for an early kind of accordion published
in 1843 by Elias Howe, Jr. The dates Doktorski gives are slightly
different from those of Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing
machine, so I'm not sure if they were two different people. It
would make sense for the same guy to be interested in two different
kinds of complicated small machine.

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Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin