Takayuki YAGI

To celebrate World Concertina Day (it's a little early in UK time though), I played a tune called "concertina hornpipe", which I learned from a John Joe Casey CD long time ago. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnFe-yJ7ny/ or,

Sorry again Alan, I uploaded wrong file to twitter, now corrected.

Sorrry Alan, I do not know the reason why, but I added another (twitter) link to the post that should be work.

My humble contribution from Japan. Played on the Henry Harley rectangular concertina. Thank you Alan for the tune. https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkl1FLJM6O/ or if instagram link above doesn't work, try twitter link (in Japanese)

I am sincerely worried about Neil's health problems.

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 ?

Please take a look at this instrument. https://concertina.co.uk/stock-selection/anglo-concertinas/lachenal-30-key-anglo-in-g-d-7806/ It looks strange with the horizontal oval Lachenal label placed against the vertical oval. It is probably an instrument made for the Salvation Army (there is an additional screw hole on the left end for a Band Lyre). Has anyone ever seen the original label in the vertical oval?

Thank you Stephen for letting me know. I must have been misremembering.

I have a vague recollection from the old concertina.net forum (before 2003) that the Lachenal reeds for instruments with the Murdoch (peerless) label were selected for good quality. Has anyone ever heard of such a story?

Just found on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/165288654109 Is there any possibility that this is a bass or twin-reeded ?

Also it's not a concertina but bellows-powered free-reed, there was a Cecilium. https://accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/the-cecilium-lute-shaped-squeezebox-from-1836/

I once saw a Melophone on display in the Horniman museum. As far as I know Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments (Japan) also has one. And this page of the MET has inside photos of Melophone. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/501776

Then where is the white one now ? (Just curious.) In the past description for the red one in ebay, the seller said: " It was made for a family who had a red one, a blue one and a white one, to play as a trio. It must have been an amazing sound to have three of these playing together. The family played these three at the Albert Hall. "

Anthony James makes one row miniature. http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/apj_miniature_anglo.htm And Bob Tedrow used to make similer one. http://hmi.homewood.net/mini/ Not an one row but Andrew Norman also makes miniatures. (one row plus extra buttons, I own one) John Connor used to make one low (not miniature) concertina. (I do not own, photo is from past ebay) For various miniatures, article in the PICA vol.9 will be a good reference. https://concertina.org/2014/10/01/pica-volume-9-2012/

Thank you Stephen for letting me know. I had never heard about them. Did they have German fingering system or English fingering system ? According to your "Annotated Catalogue" page, the earliest of the Italian production (1850) was almost the same time as Nickolds' Anglo-German concertina in England.

Thank you Daniel for letting me know, very informative.

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?

I suppose it was a public message to gtotani's page, not a private message.

Not an exhaust pipe, but audio output jack for electric pickup, I suppose.

Thank you for indicating about the thread. So this is a kind of double reeded duet concertina (that may have been modified from an anglo concertina).

Just found on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/255249942276 8 inches across the flats is very large. So at the first look I think this is a baritone but I do not know the typical size of baritone instrument. Is there any possibility that this is a bass or twin-reeded ?

It is not as small as Traveller but ...

I noticed that Flying Duck Concertinas now introduce new "Dabbler" concertinas. https://www.flyingduckconcertinas.co.uk/dabblers.html

I found a relevant thread.

I once saw a "C STAFF MAKER" stamped instruments on ebay from Australia. That was 20 button with 118XX serial number (unreadable). The photo below is from ebay in 2007 (not mine).