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Folk Music, and Baroque Music. Developing keyboards for Concertinas and Melodeons that enable ordinary folk, who (like myself) are not virtuosos; to play easily in a multitude of different keys on the same instrument.
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Stagi Hayden Duet and noob questions
inventor replied to doggomancer's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Instruction books. There are several Instruction Books for Hayden Duet Concertinas. I started to write one myself specifically for a small group of players who had made very good progress with the right hand side, but less so with the LHS. It started with just one note in each hand; then two, and so on. It later expanded to an all systems beginners tutor for the other Duets; when I was asked to take all system duet classes at concertina weekends, and at the Sidmouth Folk Festival week. This will be found on the concertina.org website. Somewhere on this website there is a series of instruction lessons for the Hayden Duet, by a lady who used to work for Button Box: perhaps some other member might help you to locate it. Now if you are really serious about taking the Duet Concertina as far as you can go, (and I would recommend this for any type of Duet), is the Palmer-Hughes piano accordion course. This comes in ten books, with extra books for practice with the first couple. You do not need to buy all the books at once; just each as you progress. It starts with the simplest tunes, and finally ends in book ten with the "Flight of the Bumblebee" ! The only addition that you need to use with this; is a translation of the Bass Clef. Inventor -
Raised ebonised ends. LHS 32 buttons F to c". RHS 39 buttons b flat to c"" . Plus air button. 235 mm 9.75" across flats. Good tight Bellows, Weight 2 kg, weight with case 3.5 kg. Needs a little restoration. Modern case by Barry Wallace. Asking price £2500 plus carriage. Inventor.
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Asking price £2250 plus carriage. Inventor
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Raised metal ended. LHS 33 button F to c#". RHS 39 button c' (middle c) to d"" plus air button. Top of one button is missing. 254 mm 10" across flats. Bellows fairly tight. Concertina needs a bit of refurbishment. Weight 3 kg - weight with case 4.5 kg. Original Lachenal case. Top is loose, and top part of lock missing.
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That should be - Good tight bellows at the end. Inventor.
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Wheatstone Aeola 84 key Maccann Duet. 32066. Raised metal ends. For refurbishment. LHS 40 Buttons AbAb in the edge of the fretwork BbBb and BB where you would expect them to be on a Maccann; then Bass C (same note as the lowest string on a cello) up to c#". (Sorry to use the old fashioned notation, but I have never got used to the modern electronic organ way and always get the numbers wrong. Middle c is noted c' ) The inside photo shows where the extra 3 very low notes are placed on boxes in the middle of the reed pan. RHS 43 Buttons, plus air button g to c#"" . 270 mm - 10.75 " across the flats. Weight 3 kg. Weight with case 5.5 kg. Modern case by Barry Wallace 300 mm x 288 mm x 290 mm. God tight Bellows. Asking price for this unique instrument - £3000.
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In answer to Richard Mellish I only mean I will not be parting with any of my personal concertina reeded Hayden Duets. The more Hayden Duets that are made; the happier I am. Inventor.
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In answer to several questions there will not be any concertina reeded Hayden duets until after I snuff it; but at 86 you may not have to wait too long 😜. I have smaller Macans and some Cranes. Also a very large Jeffries duet which I mightpart with. Inventor.
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In answer to several questions there will not be any concertina reeded Hayden duets until after I snuff it; but at 86 you may not have to wait too long 😜. I have smaller Macans and some Cranes. Also a very large Jeffries duet which I mightpart with. Inventor.
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I have decided to start selling off most of my collection of concertinas. First of all 4 large Macann Duets. 1) Wheatstone 81 button Aeola. 2) Wheatstone 84 button Aeola. The extra buttons are very low notes, Ab, Bb. and B, below the bass C of the standard 81 button Macann. 3} Wheatstone 72 button Aeola. 4) Lachenal 72 Button Ediophone. More details to follow. Inventor.
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Does anyone specialize in making ergonomic handles?
inventor replied to daviseri's topic in Ergonomics
I would have thought anyone who has a CNC Router could make you a pair of these. Inventor. -
R.I.P Mike Knudsen - Ragtimer
inventor replied to David Barnert's topic in General Concertina Discussion
I was very sad to read about Mike Knudsen's passing. Though I never met him in person, I always enjoyed reading his contributions to this website, and his support for my system of Duet. I send my condolences to his wife, children, and all members of his extended family. Brian Hayden. -
Hello Mary, As you know Pat was a keen member of the ICA (International Concertina Association) . His letters and papers should go to their Archive. In the meantime I would be very happy to look after them, if this can't be arranged by the end of this month; whatever you do please don't destroy them. I met Pat frequently at ICA meetings and Accordion Weekends, and once visited him at his home in Cookham. I drove up from Somerset one spring Saturday morning. On arrival I was immediately spirited away in to his workshop, where we discussed making duet type of concertinas in the square bandoneon format, using my duet system. That lunch time I enjoyed a most excellent roast dinner and met your mother and possibly yourself. As soon as lunch was over we immediately returned to his workshop for further discussion. I too still miss him; we always so much to discuss when we met. Brian (Inventor)
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Duet concertinas - why such a large overlap?
inventor replied to ritonmousquetaire's topic in General Concertina Discussion
continued- Standard Accordions have 16 mm wide treble reed-plates. The compass of a full size is 41 notes from "f" to an "a" 3.5 octaves higher. Most accordions have Two reeds of the same pitch (m reeds) sounding at the same time., but many have a third reed (l reed ) set an octave lower. this set runs from F to a"" , and are the same width (16 mm). All these reeds are manufactured in great quantities by machine. Treble accordion reeds are made which go down to the Eb but only for large expensive chromatic button accordions which always have the much more costly hand made reeds anyway. To keep the chromaticists happy, and to keep the cost at a reasonable level, I opted for standard machine made reeds placing this reed where the Eb would normally have been. Inventor. -
Duet concertinas - why such a large overlap?
inventor replied to ritonmousquetaire's topic in General Concertina Discussion
There are two reasons why the bottom left button is an F# rather than a low Eb :- 1) When I first introduced the 46 button instrument some players mainly from a classical background were unable to understand why the instrument didn't have a complete chromatic run of notes on both sides. 2) The square instruments were made using basic standard Piano-Accordion reeds, using standard Bastari Bandoneon reed-blocks. Any variation from this could have knocked the price up quite a bit. Sorry to break for now, but I hope to continue shortly. Inventor.