Takayuki YAGI

I recently bought a CD called "Happy to Meet, Sorry to Part" by Isao and Masako Moriyasu. One of the tunes on the CD is titled "Ballyknock Rambler" composed by Gerdie Commane. (Ballyknock is the townland where Gerdie lived.) I was talking about it with a friend yesterday and found out that it was included on the "Two Gentlemen" CD as an unnamed tune following "Lads of Laois". On thesession.org it was listed simply as "Gerdie Commane's". https://thesession.org/tunes/7602 Anyway it is a lovely tune indeed.

I recommend it too. And the cover is slightly larger than his previous album.

I am curious about the USD5,000 one "available in 2023". Is it Baritone or Bass perhaps?

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Thank you David for the video. He certainly seems to be playing in the key of C on the C/G concertina this time.

According to this site, etc http://johnkellycapelstreet.ie/ They have two sharps (in D). But when I listen to the John Kelly (snr) CD, it sounds like it is played in Bb. Did he play Bb/F concertina? Any info would be appreciated.

Ah, I understood correctly. Thank you very much. I need to study English more.

Thanks for letting me know! Also photos and footage. So then Mary McElvaney is much later than Mrs. Crotty. If Mrs. Crotty learned from Mary McElvaney, it would have been in her later years.

According to this page: https://www.cranfordpub.com/recordings/mcnamarajewel.htm Is this tune not originally from the Kilrush area? Does anyone have any information on Mary McElvaney?

2nd link (YouTube: Morris Dancing I ARTE.tv Documentary): Same here in Japan, unfortunately.

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I noticed that Marcus Music manufactured C/G baritones for a very short period of time in 2008. You may be able to find a used one. https://web.archive.org/web/20081112061010/http://www.marcusmusic.co.uk:80/concertinas.html I have never tried a A C Norman baritone, but their craftsmanship is excellent and I would recommend them.

I am not an expert, but you can hear the West Clare concertina music on the "Clare Concertina Styles" CD or "The Clare set" 6CD set from the Free-Reed label (Neil Wayne), and the East Clare music on Mary MacNamara's recent book with CD "Sundays at Lena's" (available directly from Mary or Custy's). "Keepers of Tradition" is also a good concertina CD but it contains both West and East Clare players.

Google with " site:concertina.net inurl:html " options returns complete list, I suppose.

I would add https://www.concertina.net/kc_known_keys.html

I assume they are accordion reeds since David says it's a hybrid in the first post. (As far as I know, Jose Claro makes both hybrid and traditional one.)

Hobgoblin's web page has been updated to state that all three models of Sherwood (Kirkless, Flynn, Marion) are made in China. https://hobgoblin.com/sherwood-kirklees-c-g-anglo-concertina-30key https://hobgoblin.com/sherwood-flynn-c-g-anglo-concertina-30-key https://hobgoblin.com/sherwood-marion-c-g-anglo-concertina-30-key

I received the book from Mary two weeks ago. It is true that there is no Doolin in East Clare. And I was surprised that the old concertina players played two row instruments. There were also tunes in the key of C. I wonder if the old whistle players played the C whistle.

https://tunesfromdoolin.buzzsprout.com/1841055/11279447-episode-05-mary-macnamara-concertina

Just FYI this circa 1895 catalogue lists 22 button configuration (pdf). http://www.concertina.com/pricelists/dealers/pricelist-henshaw-loebell-c1895.pdf I also have a 22 button instrument with mahogany ends with simpler fretwork and shorter 5-fold(ribs, in your terminology) bellows, and I think yours is a superior one. (Sorry, but I don't want to disassemble it to check the serial number.)

Same here.

I don't know if there is an apprenticeship program but how about the buttonbox repair shop? https://www.buttonbox.com/

Wim Wakker makes his hybrid anglos in C/G only, so far as I know. Another North American source is Frank Edgley in Ontario, Canada. Ken In addition to them, Seth Hamon of Texas makes both C/G and G/D. https://swedishbagpipes.com/concertina

Here(pdf): http://www.concertina.com/lachenal/lachenal-reedshoe-trademark-1878.pdf

Accoding to this post on FB, there is (was?) another concertina builder in South Africa whose name is Dolf Opperman. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1470693809737508/posts/2385144068292473/ I could not find more information, so it may be too soon to include it in the list. And in the comment to the above FB post, there is yet another South African builder named Hannes Viljoen but he appears to have passed away many years ago.