Daniel Hersh
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22 hours ago, David Barnert said:
Just watched it. Very interesting , thanks. I’m curious: how does the story of Minting and the last days of the Wheatstone factory square with the story of Sid Watkins’ passing and the transfer of the company to Steve Dickinson?
David - the answer may be here:
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The World Concertina Day all-star video concert, organized by the International Concertina Association, is now available to view! It includes over 20 of the top players from around the world, with a great variety of styles and concertina types. Check it out!
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UJrKM9RaKM : Alistair Anderson, Jody Kruskal, Michael Hebbert, Qasadi & Maqhinga, Musik Böhmer, William "Wim" Wakker, Janet Dows, and Didie Sendra
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbKVK1UXCs : Rob Harbron, Louis Brink, J25 Concertina Band, David Gardiner, Peter Nahon, Paul McCann, and Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH2t2Sz49Jg : Caitlín nic Gabhann, Danny Chapman, Riggy Rackin, John Kirkpatrick, Geoff Lakeman, Ivan Coa Apaza, and Iris Bishop
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Check out what's happening at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-events ! I think it's an impressive list. Some of the videos will become available at staggered times through the day, and all the items in the first group ("Watch and listen anytime, starting on February 6") will continue to be available after today.
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Very nice! Here's another concertina-playing cat, but not as nice as yours:
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23 hours ago, SueJ said:
Greetings! I have what I believe was my grandfather's concertina. I have inherited it from my father and I know absolutely nothing about it's history. I didn't even know my father had it. I would love any information you folks might be able to provide for me such as, is it a concertina, should I have it restored, how should I store it, what's it's age etc. I won't be playing it, but I will be keeping it and handing it down to my children. Thanks in advance for any info.
Cheers,
Sue
P.S. https://imgur.com/rpiotsS
Yes, it's a concertina. It looks German-made to me. I would need more pictures (e.g. of the bellows while open) to make a guess at the age. It's probably a low-end instrument and not worth restoring.
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6 hours ago, Alan Day said:
Please record your own version of this or add your recording to the existing.
The dots are available and will be posted up shortly.
All players welcome including beginners to advanced players.
Sheet music is at https://concertina.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/March_of_the_Concertinas_WCD_2022.pdf . Some of the rhythm is slightly simplified from the way Al plays it.
Here it is in abc format:
X:1
T:March of the Concertinas
C:Alan Day
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:G
zB AB || G2 D2 | EB AB | G2 D2 | E2 DC | B,D GA | B2 AG | A2 (3AAA | AB AB |
G2 D2 | EB AB | G2 B2 | c2 A2 | d2 G2 | BA GF | G2 (3GGG | G2 (3GFG |
A2 (3AAA | B2 B2 | c2 A2 | F2 D2 | A2 (3AAA | B2 G2 | d2 c2 | B2 A2 |
G2 D2 | EB AB | G2 B2 | c2 A2 | d2 G2 | BA GF | G2 (3GGG | G4 ||-
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2 minutes ago, Takayuki YAGI said:
Hi Daniel,
Do you have a hashtag for celebrating World Concertina Day on Instagram or Twitter? There doesn't seem to be one at the moment, but how about using #worldconcertinaday ?
Yes, that would be fine!
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It's on the website of King's College London at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/the-concertina-celebrating-sir-charles-wheatstones-invention-at-kings . Charles Wheatstone was a Professor of Experimental Philosophy there.
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World Concertina Day (Sunday February 6) is less than a week away! Too many great events to list in one post - check them out at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-events .
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There's a new participatory online World Concertina Day event! It's the World Concertina Day Video Challenge which was put together by two players in Germany. Check it out!
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16 hours ago, scoopet said:
Thanks Al, can you tell me what it says about him please .
Here's what the English International booklet says: "Tom was from South Shields in Tyneside and in his younger days played in the South Shields Concertina Band when it won the Belle Vue (Manchester) band competition in 1921. He was a regular attendee at the London ICA meetings."
There are many references to him on the ICA website in the archived newsletters: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aconcertina.org+Tom+Jukes&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS756US756&oq=site%3Aconcertina.org+Tom+Jukes
There is more info about him in this old thread, in case you haven't already seen it:
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On 1/17/2022 at 12:57 PM, Takayuki YAGI said:
Just found on ebay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165288654109
Is there any possibility that this is a bass or twin-reeded ?
I think more likely a baritone, but I don't think there's any way to know for sure without hearing what note sounds when each button is played.
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We've pulled together information about all the planned World Concertina Day in-person and online events that we know about into one web page at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-events . I think it's a pretty impressive list! If you're planning something that isn't yet listed that you'd like us to include, contact us at wcd@concertina.org to let us know.
Daniel
for the ICA World Concertina Day team
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12 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said:
Listings tend to describe ALL large square concertinas as Bandonions/Bandoneons, but they usually aren't, and this one isn't.
Neither is it a Chemnitzer, but it may well be a Carlsfelder...
Looks likely to be a Carlsfelder to me too, and from a good maker (ELA). Not many people play Carlsfelders anymore. You can hear examples of Carlsfelder playing at https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Various-Artists-Die-Konzertina-in-Franken/hnum/5715990 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x7gZUGfshE and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdgZxLqz6BM , etc.
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As mentioned in another thread, Button Box has announced on their website that they will be closing their retail store on March 31 but continuing their repair service after that. I would guess that means that Doug was not able to find a buyer for the business. They say, "Orders for new R. Morse & Co. Céilí anglo concertinas will be accepted through March 31, 2022," which seems to imply that those concertinas may be built after the retail store is closed. With luck, Doug will chime in here to tell us if new Morse concertinas will continue to be made after those orders are complete. It's possible that that hasn't been determined yet.
More info at https://buttonbox.com/transition.html .
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On 1/10/2022 at 9:23 PM, JimR said:
I believe Stephan Bohmer will play during World Concertina Day
Yes, he will!
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8 hours ago, Peter Laban said:
[quote]Obviously, what we would really like is to have every concertina player in the world out and about and playing on that day. [/quote]
Obviously, that was not what I was looking for. And I will leave it at that as this is probably a whole other discussion.
Peter - I have sent you a c.net private message about the issues you raised.
Daniel
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3 hours ago, David Barnert said:
It is (I believe) a 3-pronged event. In addition to the video being prepared in England and highlighted in this thread, there is also a video being prepared in eastern North America that Randy Stein has been keeping us informed about and something on the west coast that I’ve heard precious few details about. @Daniel Hersh, are you involved?
Edited to add: The Eastern North America video will certainly have a premier opening on youtube, with live chat, etc. Noon EST on February 6.
https://youtu.be/IUvJHRV5ZTA this is currently the trailer. It’s not clear whether the video premiere will also be at this url.
There is one recorded concert that's being put together by the ICA itself: https://concertina.org/2022/01/06/world-concertina-day-concert . There are also a number of other World Concertina Day events being put on by local groups and individual players, including the Eastern North America video concert, Randy Stein's individual video concert and others. We're in the process of pulling together info about them - see the "locally organized events" at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day.
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5 hours ago, Don Taylor said:
A few questions:
Will the concert be accesible to non-ICA members?
How long will it last?
What time of day (GMT) will it be broadcast?
Will it be available for viewing after the event, maybe on Youtube?
I ask because I have a few non-concertina playing friends that I might recommend watch this, but I have not been able to figure out the how and when of this concert.
See https://concertina.org/2022/01/06/world-concertina-day-concert/ . It will be accessible to everyone. It will be in two or three parts and will probably be between 90 minutes and two hours long in total. It will be a recorded concert which will be available to view starting on February 6 and will remain available after that.
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4 hours ago, Colin Whyles said:
That is a fair comment, but Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne is certainly a younger player. I was not involved with the selection, as I do not have much knowledge of the active players. Others might be able to comment on that.
FYI, we also have Caitlin nic Gabhann from Ireland who is in her early 30's, and I believe one of our South African players is fairly young.
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Geoff asked me to post this for him. He writes, "Just re-discovered this 'promo' for a TV documentary that may - or may not - be broadcast, put together by Jane Blanchard. Even if it doesn't go out, it's a lovely family memento."
https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.lakeman/videos/855826748467736
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10 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said:
Oh, but there was Daniel, a century earlier in fact - in that Bastari officially started out in 1952 (rather than 1949, which Dr. Marcello Bastari said in that interview).
Before accordion manufacturing started in Italy pioneers of the business, such as Giacomo Alunni from Nocera Umbra in 1850, Giovanni Cingolani from Recanati in 1856, and Lorenzo Ploner from Trieste in 1862, started making concertinas.
Thanks, Stephen! I was hoping you would chime in on this one. Do you have any info about the period between 1862 and 1952?
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23 minutes ago, David Barnert said:
Ahh, so Jody’s playing both sides of the pond, eh?
This is an international concert with players from all over the world. Tentative performer list is at https://concertina.org/2022/01/06/world-concertina-day-concert .
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4 hours ago, Takayuki YAGI said:
I just noticed that Italian made English concertinas were introduced as new models in FreeReed Magazine No.17 (Jan./Feb. 1974).
https://www.concertinamuseum.com/FreeReed/FR17.pdf
Then a question came up: When did the production of Anglo Concertinas start in Italy?
Well...an article about Marcello Bastari by Oliver Heatwole in the Aug.-Sept. 1983 issue of Mugwumps magazine said, "Some wholesalers wanted large quantities of concertinas, but there was no Italian firm able to make them, there then being in Italy one company (now long out of business) that made concertinas, but only in small numbers. Dr. Bastari started his own company, in 1949, with an initial order of 100 concertinas. Success was immediate and growth followed. This was the beginning of Italian predominance in manufacturing German type concertinas."
If that is accurate, then I think one can assume that they were in made in Italy before 1949 by that mysterious "one company (now long out of business)". I have wondered if that company might have been Frontalini, but I doubt we will ever know for sure, and I also doubt that we'll know when that company started making concertinas, or whether there was another Italian maker before 1949..
Odd square miniature on eBay UK
in General Concertina Discussion
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Some photos below. Listing (with more photos, including internal ones) is at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313869355356 . Perhaps someone's homemade project from long ago?