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- Birthday 03/03/1956
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Today is World Concertina Day, sponsored by the International Concertina Association. Our 2025 international video concert is now available for viewing and listening. Part one: Rachel Mahony, Vincent Powell, Juliet Woodin & Janet Thomas, Jutta Tigges, Steve Wilson, Takayuki Yagi, Niki Fliri & Nina Dietrich, Dave Ball, Doug Watt, and Rosewood Part two: Millicent & Tristan White, Gaylen Haas, Tim Collins, Dick & Sabina Glasgow, Willie Botha, Matt Heumann, Luke Vincent, Rick Epping, Jim Besser, and Gary Coover
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I would suggest you email Concertina Connection to ask about this.
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Current makes of concertina
Daniel Hersh replied to Daniel Hersh's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Updated to show that the Concertina Connection Rochelle 2 is now out of production. -
After seeing things in various places speculating on the status of Concertina Connection/Wakker Concertinas, I emailed the owner William "Wim" Wakker and got the following info, which I thought was interesting enough to share here (with his permission). He wrote: "We're still active, and by far the largest concertina manufacturer worldwide. We just past 17,000 instruments that we designed, built, and sold either directly to customers, or through one of our dealers in the US, Europe, and UK. We build 34 different concertina models in all 3 layouts: English, Duet (Wicki/Hayden, and other systems), and anglos. We build hybrid concertinas ranging in price from $469 to $3800, traditional Wakker concertina models ranging from $7000-10,000, and our Parnassus models, starting around $10,000, and $38,000 for a consort. Our current lead times: Entry level models (Jackie/Jack, Elise, Rochelle): always in stock, either directly from us or from our dealers. Intermediate models (Minstrel, Busker, Troubadour, Clover, Peacock, Rose): current lead time around 15 weeks. Wakker standard models: the current lead time is 5+ years. Because of this, we TEMPORARILY closed our order book until we're back to our normal 4 year waiting list. We hope to be able to open our order book again later this year (2025). Parnassus models: Because of the complexity of these instruments and the long build time, we use a different 'slot' based system. The current lead time for a Parnassus model is around 2 years. (...) Based on the market, anglos are between 25-35% of all the instruments we build/sell. (...) For us our biggest challenge is still trying to keep up with demand. If we would not have TEMPORARILY closed our order book for the standard Wakker models, our waiting time would have past the 6 years easily."
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Here are those pictures:
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I think the New Model might be the same as the Heritage. Perhaps Frank will chime in here.
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Lachenal Catalogue listing parts for sale.
Daniel Hersh replied to Chris Ghent's topic in Concertina History
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See the thread below, if you haven't already read it. I think that anyone considering buying an instrument from a listing here should know about this (though I have successfully bought instruments listed here and would still consider doing so again).
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Very bad news - thank you for letting us all know. The same photos seem to be on this DoneDeal listing in Ireland: https://www.donedeal.ie/brassandwind-for-sale/concertina/35855360 . The scammer might have lifted them from there. And though likely unrelated, AP James's own website seems to be down. It looks like it was functioning in May as per https://web.archive.org/web/20240520113540/http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/ .
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It's near time for World Concertina Day 2025, sponsored once again by the International Concertina Association! The official day is February 6 as usual, with events around the world scheduled before and after that day. Details at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-2025, with several additional events in the works but not quite ready for posting yet. On February 8, ICA will be hosting another free online players gathering on Zoom, open to everyone. Preregistration is required - you can register here. I hope to see many of you there! And WCD 2025 merchandise is now available for purchase, including our new concertina octopus design:
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I didn't know whether to put this here or under History, but see below. More images (possibly easier to read) at https://www.ebay.com/itm/116399121032 .
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