...with no local tuners in sight, I (Jack) had to ship the first accordion to a distant shop. Though the instrument returned finely tuned, the wait was excruciatingly long.

Determined to find a quicker solution for my other instrument, a delightful button box, I reached out to Bob Tedrow, a renowned concertina builder and luthier at Homewood Music in Birmingham. Although not local, Birmingham was within driving distance. During our conversation, I shared my background in repairing and building guitars. To my surprise, Bob declined to tune the button box for me. Instead, he encouraged me to do it myself, saying, "You can do this. Come to the shop, and I will show you how!"