If you feel attracted towards the purchase of one of those “promissing” department store telescopes, think twice! Usually they are low quality instruments, even if their brand is a recognized one. These scopes feature large and brightly colored printed boxes with false claims like “400x”, “600x”, etc. This is totally misleading and, if you see […]
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There are many kind of accordions. I will mention the most important ones.
Piano accordion: Introduced around the 1920’s, it was created to give the accordion a “respectabe” look (by making it similar to the piano or organ, with a “keyboard” to play the melody.) Also they hope it will make learning more easy, since buttons […]
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Red Eared Sliders need a water tank to live, with a dry area to bask. Since they don’t produce saliva, these turtles need to be in water to be able to swallow their food. They are OMNIVORES, and I mean that! We feed ours vegetables, raw chicken, and whenever possible their “lobster”: earthworms. I don’t […]
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PARABOLIC MIRRORS…which manufacturer?
There are lots of excellent opticians that make telescope mirrors, however I like the prices and good comments that I’ve read about HUBBLEOPTICS.COM.
There are several companies selling telescope mirrors at Ebay. However one must be careful! Some of them advertise SPHERICAL mirrors as “PARABOLIC”, with a low and enticing price. These mirrors may […]
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I’ve always been interested in telescopes and owned a few ones. However, the real good scopes are very expensive. That’s why I decided to construct my own Truss tube telescope. My woodworking experience is zero, but I’ve managed to build the primary and secondary cages, the rocker box and base out of cheap plywood. I still need to buy […]
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We have 2 lovely Red-Eared slider turtles: Gaby and Jason. Gaby is a female that came with us from Miami to Nebraska, 2 years ago. Jason was purchased locally here. They live peacefully in a large container with water and sand. Until this moment they have not shown sexual interest in each other, but if […]
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Easy solutions. How to tune your accordion yourself.
If your accordion went totally out of tune, or if there are a single or a few “sour” notes, there are simple fixes that you can try and bring its sound back in all its splendor. I guarantee you that, if you follow these instructions, you will save […]
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It will happen. Sooner or later in your life, but you will need an accordion. An used one? you wonder. Well, a brand new, high quality instrument will cost you more than that a trip to Hawaii. Your way through this would be purchasing a very good, used accordion. You can learn what brands are […]
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