Daniel Hersh
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New video of a fine young player at https://www.facebook.com/ClannRedmond/videos/153622323548284 . She may be American since this park is apparently in Pennsylvania in the US. The tune seems to be by Tim Collins.
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18 hours ago, David Barnert said:
Thanks. I was less aware of what was going on in England in the early days of my concertina experience (late 80s, early 90s). But do you agree with my sense that the word “Hybrid” didn’t gain traction until the Morse concertinas took off?
I don't know. Some of us (including the late Richard Morse) had a long and vehement discussion about the term back in 2007:
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7 hours ago, David Barnert said:
A little history:
Until relatively recently (+/- 30 years?), concertinas with accordion reeds were mass-produced in Germany, Italy, China, etc., and were of considerably lower quality than the carefully hand-made instruments with concertina reeds from England and the US. That was it. Decent instruments with concertina reeds and inferior instruments with accordion reeds.
Then people like Harold Herrington in Texas and Frank Edgley in Canada and Rich Morse in Massachusetts and Bob Tedrow in Alabama started building quality instruments utilizing English construction standards but using accordion reeds, which are a lot less expensive.
Although Morse wasn’t the first of these, it wasn’t until his concertinas started becoming hugely popular that I started hearing the word “hybrid” to refer to these quality hand-made concertinas with accordion reeds.
Please forgive me if I’ve been inaccurate in my recollections.
Sounds about right to me. I would add Marcus and Norman in the UK as early hybrid makers. And mention should also be made of the accordion-reeded May Fair concertinas made by Wheatstone in the 1950s which were significantly better than the accordion-reeded ones from Germany and Italy.
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On 7/23/2021 at 4:04 AM, gtotani said:
If you bought your Rochelle dirctly from Concertina Connection, it offers full price for trading in for an upgraded instrument. I would recommend going for a Clover if your budget allows. I have a Minstrel with upgraded Bellows.
If you bought your Rochelle from Button Box, I believe Button Box offers upgrade path for Ceili. I have no idea how much buttonbox will offer.
Since you are only an hour away from the Button Box, you shoud go there and try all possible instrument within your budget.
Good Luck!
Totani
Concertina Connection will also accept trade-ins of Rochelles they did not directly sell. You can contact them for details.
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On 7/18/2021 at 11:11 PM, Łukasz Martynowicz said:
I see that Bob Tedrow is still listed - some time ago he has announced on his facebook page that he’s retiring and he won’t build concertinas anymore.
I wrote to Bob yesterday to ask about this. His reply: "Hello Daniel, at the moment, I am not building. I am taking maintenance gigs on my previous builds and am a dealer for Concertina Connection instruments. I may return to building in the future. Do with me what you will. I am still here."
Since there are several other makers on the list who are not currently taking orders, I will leave Bob's listing as it is now.
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Updated to add Concertina Connection's fairly new Rochelle 2 to the Intermediate/Mid-range category. I put it in that category because it has flat-mounted reeds.
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From the website of a friend of mine, the songwriter and English concertina player Carol Denney: http://www.caroldenney.com/concerti.htm . Here's Carol playing and singing one of her songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6dmtEjc51Q .
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On 6/22/2021 at 12:55 PM, Peter Smith said:
I visited Andrew Norman last week looking at anglo concertinas.
I had the priviledge to try out his new baritone and bass concertinas briefly. Lovely looking and very responsive instruments. The baritone goes down to C2 and the bass to C1. Just thought I would mention them if anyone is looking for an anglo with a low range. Its not a sales pitch - no financial interest!! - just thought they were very good concertinas. YouTube video of the baritone: https://youtu.be/Lp-TOdKJCwk & the bass: https://youtu.be/uozSwaqUj2k
Thanks, Peter! Baritone anglo video is actually at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGoNYfhpp8M .
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On 6/6/2021 at 4:05 AM, Robert Minting said:
I can't seem to find the ICA recording mentioned above. Please help me to access it. Regarding the best concertina ever made - it's with me perhaps? But mine was apparently made in 1926. No. 30959.
I believe the recording is at https://concertina.org/2020/07/06/harry-minting-at-the-ica-bloomsbury-1987/ - but it's in the members-only part of the ICA website.
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On 5/21/2021 at 6:51 AM, Alan Day said:
Recordings by the South African player Nico Langeveldt have now been added to the Duet Recordings collection.
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Recordings by another South African player Morgan O'Kennedy were also added! http://www.concertinas.org.uk/DuetAudio.htm
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On 5/25/2021 at 1:43 AM, Stephen Chambers said:
It appears to be the same one Daniel, and to have all the same faults.
Indeed. I should have paid closer attention.
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3 hours ago, Ken_Coles said:
You might want to write Wim directly through his web site - as you can see this is a very old thread and he doesn't check in (or at least post) here very often.
Ken
I agree with Ken - but also see this on Wim's website: http://www.wakker-concertinas.com/B51.htm
Daniel
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Alan Day has been trying to contact the French Crane concertina player Jean Mégly to ask Jean for permission to use some of his recordings on the Duet Recordings page http://www.concertinas.org.uk/DuetAudio.htm . (Alan has the recordings but he does not yet have Jean's ok to use them.) Alan is Jean's friend on Facebook, but Alan tells me that Jean hasn't posted on Facebook for quite some time and hasn't responded to Alan's Facebook messages. I asked Gilbert Carrère but he has not had contact with Jean for a number of years.
If you might be able to help with this, please message me here on c.net.
Daniel
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So I wound up owning this one, thanks to the generosity of the c.net member who was the original purchaser from eBay. The ends, action plates and action levers are all metal. I wasn't able to access the reeds. Photos are at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DT8W9cTo3BbRONfq8fpZnPMl35Nv-JWN?usp=sharing .
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These show up occasionally on eBay and are generally assumed to have been made in Germany or possibly Czechoslovakia.
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I hadn't seen one quite like this, though I had heard they existed. Full listing at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265140537587 .
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On 4/24/2021 at 4:29 AM, buttonbox21 said:
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, I played a 52 button 4 voice Chemnitzer C box with a polka band. Make sure that this box in a key compatible with the type of music you want to play. These instruments are expensive and are a lot of fun to play once you get the hang of it. Basically, you play melody on the right hand and bass/chords on the left. You have to make your chords so you can play in minor chords if you need to. There is a book long out of print that you may be able to buy on eBay. It is called the Silberhorn method if I remember correctly. I used it to learn Chemnitzer concertina and it should be helpful to you. You can play many types of music on this besides Argentinean music. I played polkas, Irish and even some German tunes. It is quite versatile. Give it a try. Good luck.👍
And someone is now selling a copy of the Silberhorn book on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254954007213 .
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On 4/18/2021 at 10:33 AM, Surly Boy said:
Hi all,
The owner of this instrument has kindly offered to sell it to me. He asked me to say what I thought a fair price was so I want to harvest some research.
It is not the usual Crabb you see. I haven't seen the pattern on the metal ends before, but I could be wrong. The owner suggested that it may be a different model which was repaired by Crabb or through his shop in some way, hence the stamp.
Anglo, C/G
Bellows - according to owner, bellows are not best quality, but they play fine to me, I like the action.
No drone
Made in 1950's according to owner, who bought it from Crabb (the younger?) in the shop in Islington in the 1970's.Attached is an image of it next to a Jeffries and Lachenal. It is slightly chunkier than both, and the heaviest out of the 3.
Any and all information and a suggested value appreciated.
Tim
"On metal ended instruments made for direct sale, a cartouche was included in the right hand fretwork for the name stamp: J Crabb till approx.1908, then H. Crabb till approx. 1926, then H Crabb & Son to closure (1989)."
I'm sure that's true, but the fretwork pattern and the seller's story point to a later date. Do you happen to have a serial number? There may be one stamped inside the concertina even if there isn't one on the outside.
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Ebay listing is at https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victorian-Concertina-With-Case/294125576844 . Here's a pic:
tjh
It's labeled C. Myers, Manufacturer, but it reminds me of this Jones:
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If it is a scam, I wonder where the seller got the images.
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3 hours ago, Gaspar said:
Hi everyone!
It´s been almost 4 or 5 years since my last post here! I´m picking up the concertina again.
Last night I visited the concertina connection site and found that a Rochelle 2 is out now.
There is only one picture and no videos and I haven't found any reviews here.
Did anyone get one?
it looks nice and considerably smaller than the old Rochelle.
thanks!
Previously discussed including comments from Wim Wakker at Concertina Connection in the thread below, but no reports yet from someone who has played one. I'd be interested in seeing that too.
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If anyone successfully contacts this company, let us know! I heard several years ago that at that time they didn't seem very interested in selling to customers outside their own country.
World Concertina Day
in General Concertina Discussion
Posted · Edited by Daniel Hersh
More info now available at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day !
The ICA encourages everyone with an interest in the concertina to participate on February 6, 2022 or on that weekend by taking part in or organizing an event in your local area. Some ideas:
If you would like to take part, have ideas, or would like to discuss any aspect of World Concertina Day, please contact us at WCD@concertina.org!