[Bill N]

Bob Tedrow recently completed a couple of four-sided concertinas patterned after a 26 button Henry Harley "Anglified-German" concertina originally owned by my Great-great-grandfather. Mine was the second he built, a 30 button in Bb/F, with modern Anglo action rather than the German style works of the original. It's a delight to play, and sounds great. Here they are side-by-side:

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[Dan Worrall]

Nice, Bill.

I have the other one that Tedrow built. It doesn't have the air lever that yours does--just the usual air button. It is back with Bob right now...the air button was placed too near my ungainly big thumb for efficient bellows control, and Bob has kindly agreed to move it. Very nice instrument....and mine is quarter comma mean tone temperament, which makes the chords very nice.

Dan

[NoNaYet]

Bill N, on 08 June 2010 - 11:04 AM, said:

Mine was the second he built, a 30 button in Bb/F, with modern Anglo action rather than the German style works of the original. It's a delight to play, and sounds great. Here they are side-by-side:

I stood around the shop for a couple of hours and watched Bob put the action (the left side I think)in your Harley. I sure wish it had been finished so I could have snuck a couple of tunes out of it. As it turns out I never even got to hear how it sounded.

[Dan Worrall]

NoNaYet, on 01 July 2010 - 11:10 AM, said:

Bill N, on 08 June 2010 - 11:04 AM, said:

Mine was the second he built, a 30 button in Bb/F, with modern Anglo action rather than the German style works of the original. It's a delight to play, and sounds great. Here they are side-by-side:

I stood around the shop for a couple of hours and watched Bob put the action (the left side I think)in your Harley. I sure wish it had been finished so I could have snuck a couple of tunes out of it. As it turns out I never even got to hear how it sounded.

If it was mine that he was working on...moving an air button...I can tell you that it sounds great! In particular, I asked him to use quarter comma mean tone tuning on it, which takes the sting out of the thirds when chording.

[michael sam wild]

Can you elaborate on the tuning please? what are the home keys and what keys do you play in?

[Dan Worrall]

michael sam wild, on 02 July 2010 - 05:28 AM, said:

Can you elaborate on the tuning please? what are the home keys and what keys do you play in?

It is a normal CG layout, with a quarter comma mean tone temperament instead of the usual equal temperament. There have been several past threads that discussed temperament and concertinas.

Cheers,
Dan

[michael sam wild]

Thanks Dan I quite fancy something like that but a sort of cross beween a melodeon and anglo maybe D/G likea melodeon RHS but separate notes on LHS for chords. Twin reeds like an old German anglo , an Octave apart.

[Bill N]

michael sam wild, on 04 July 2010 - 02:39 PM, said:

Thanks Dan I quite fancy something like that but a sort of cross beween a melodeon and anglo maybe D/G likea melodeon RHS but separate notes on LHS for chords. Twin reeds like an old German anglo , an Octave apart.

Bob would have a hard time cramming in the double reeds, it's really not very big. With a regular Wheatstone layout and a Bb/F reed set, mine looks to be a bit of a squeeze.

[michael sam wild]

Any chance of a sound file?

[Bill N]

michael sam wild, on 06 July 2010 - 02:41 AM, said:

Any chance of a sound file?

There are a couple of sound files of Bob playing Dan's, in both equal temperment and quarter comma mean tone tunings, on Bob Tedrow's website. I'll try to record a clip of mine in the next few weeks.

This post has been edited by Bill N: 06 July 2010 - 06:22 PM

[michael sam wild]

Thanks

For other people here is that link.

http://hmi.homewood.net/harley/

I wanted to hear any difference to my ears.


I will make some commenst later when I've listened quite a bit.

This post has been edited by michael sam wild: 07 July 2010 - 05:45 AM