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I really don't think it would be possible, there just isn't room, and more problematically, I don't play English so would have no idea what would work and what would not. A big part of developing the Anglo concertina apps was that I knew that if I was happy with it as far as playability, that other Anglo players would also enjoy it... I couldn't do that for an English instrument... oooooooh!!!

Hi Michael, I really enjoy your little program. Now my big request: couldn't you cater for the other half of humanity and program an English-System version? It should be even easier to play by holding the iphone with both thumbs and tinkies and playing with the other six fingers!! And no bellow-changes!! It should be possible to squeeze 2 x 16 key onto the screen! I'm sure there would be many out there to help you with layout and samples etc... And I finally would have an excuse to buy an iphone...

Just found this “Jack” English-System Baritone in a drawer - made by Concertinas-Connection, which came as a trade-in some time ago. It has 30 keys and accordeon reeds. As a true baritone it plays one octave below a normal treble-concertina with normal treble-fingering. It does not play terribly fast, but it is great for band-stuff or song-accompaniment. It is in good condition ( as new?!? ) and comes in it's original zipper-bag. It is not the best, but certainly the cheapest baritone around;-). It is located in Germany... I’m open to questions and offers…

Does anybody know, who bought that lovely metal-ended Aeola 48 key from the US this evening at ebay?

Only two days ago I received my brand new Suttner A4 Jeffries copy with ebony ends. I has an incredible sound, plays like the devil, is as tight as a nut and cost over a third less than one of those old bangers...

We have been able to add two more teachers to our already impressive list. Bookings are rolling in. So don't hesitate too long! Check out concertinas.de

I was the underbidder on that baby! If only I could play McCann... I have seen several ebony-ended McCanns, but certainly not such a cute one!

Our regular concertina meeting in the North of Germany is a great event to widen your concertina-experience, meet other squeezers and learn fascinating new tunes... So check out my other post

We finally got all details fixed to proudly announce the 19th German concertina-meeting. Since Mario Kliemann, the founder of the event, unexpectedly passed away over a year ago, a couple of "regular customers" decided to keep the tradition going - now at a new venue. Proitzer Muehle is a seminar-center in the north of Germany specialising in dance and music. We run several Irish-dance and music workshops each year and host the annual meeting of the German uillean-pipers society... So, now its concertinas ( check out www.proitzer-muehle.de )! There are enough English speaking people around to make your trip worthwile ( Juliette Daum is teaching ), should your German be a little rusty. So check out the English page at www.concertinas.de. By the way, after attending the North-East Squeeze-In ( USA ) for the first time this year ( thanks to ye all!!! ), Juliette and myself got hooked on concertina-gatherings. Please add to this post, if you run or know about any similar events around the world!?!

There are indeed only few concertina-players who invest the same amount of time in practising as violin-players often do. However they exist: Juliette Daum plays both Bach's fuge and chaconne for solo violin on the English concertina - and does so with a lot of skill and feeling... Its different, but I love it! By the way, she plays an adaption for the guitar by Segovia, which adds even more notes, especially low ones, which sound great on her tenor or bass-baritone.

Is anybody going to that auction? I'm after that tuning-box that comes with the English concertina... We could split the lot?!?

Do you mean one on octagonal small one like the one I tipped you and you recently bought? I knew about that one months before Chris put it on ebay. It is quite nice, but fairly late and just not perfect. As I enjoy a lot playing it ( especially standing up ), I would like to get an even better one...

Not yet;-) I'm still looking for that Aeola double-bass..... I like the extremes, you know!

1. Does anybody own a piccolo-sized English-System treble-concertina? I'm looking for any information... 2. Would anybody be willing to sell such an instrument???

I have contacted the auctioneers. All three instruments play different notes on push and pull - they checked it for me. I had a fine 45 key ( plus air-valve ) Jeffries before und it wouldn't surprise me at all, if Jeffries made a 50 plus anglo-instrument to special order... The next question is, who wants a big one like that these days...

I recently bought this particular 48-key tenor Aeola under consignment off Wim Wacker. Does anybody know, what happened to the instrument between 2003 and 2009? Who was it's last owner?

I seem to have better connections to ebay: 30 minutes after I reported it this afternoon , they canceled the auction... ( I enclosed a link to this thread! )

As far as I know it is snakewood. If I remember correctly Jürgen Suttner made a few of his early instruments with this wood. Anyway I have seen it on concertinas... You can find pictures of snakewood if you google it.

Do please tell us more about the new instrument you have purchased. - John Wild John, I eventually bought the tenor that Wim Wacker had for sale for quite some time ( see link ) I'm not a big friend of Wim's shiny finish and the action takes some getting used to, but it has a nice strong sound-quality and the response is almost as quick as that of my fastest treble. According to Chris Alger altos only became popular in the thirties, when the salvation-army needed them. So I gave up my hope to find an alto-instrument from the "golden" period... ( if someone is selling an alto-Aeola below 31.500, please let me know! ;-) I have of course converted her to "alto" by swapping the B and Bflat reeds and really enjoy playing all my old tunes in this new range ( 5 notes down ). To help the fingering ( one row down ) I have moved the finger-rests one screw-hole down.

I am selling my ebony-ended 56-keyed Wheatstone Aeola. I bought the instrument some 20 years ago in Dublin. It is the best of three tenor-trebles I had over the years, so I kept it. I am selling it, because I just bought a quite costly 48-key tenor and I do not need the two. It has six-fold bellows in top original condition. It has the serial-number is 36.082, which dates it to 1954. It has steel-reeds in aluminium-frames and the typical hook-action. The instrument weighs only 1.360 grams, which is about 200grams less than the same model with brass-frames. Inside and outside it is in good original condition. No rust on the reeds! It has quite a good action and a full and fairly loud tone. Of course it is in concert-pitch ( a=440 ). All notes play and it is in good playing order throughout. However it has been played very little over the last 50 years, so some regular playing would certainly improve its quality. It is up to personal taste, if the instrument should be fine-tuned or get new thumb-straps. A couple of month ago I discovered the possibility to use this instrument as an alto-concertina with very little change. Alto means, that the instrument will sound five notes down, when played one row down with normal fingering. So it will play in F rather than C. To change the system I have exchanged all B and Bflat reeds ( easy, as they have the same size ). To complete the change, all Eflat-reeds would have to be tuned down to C# - which I did not do yet to keep the option open to convert her back easily. There are alternative same notes on the other side. I liked the new range so much, that I bought the 48-key tenor and converted it completely. I can sell the instrument as an alto ( without Eflat-change ) or normal tenor-treble. More on the subject here: here at c-net You can hear me play the instrument on youtube at: Pics and my price-idea can be found here!

Interesting stuff! I noticed that the Lachenal F-tenor ( or alto, as I would call it ) m3838 is selling is rather large and has lead-tipped reeds. That is surprising, as tenor reeds normally don't need lead-tips and a 32 key tenor should fit in a treble size?!? Indead I converted a tenor treble to "alto" a few month ago by swapping all B and Bflat reeds ( no problem, as they have the same size! ). It is correct that I would have had to tune down all D# to Dflat, which I didn't. I can play all my stuff by using the replicated note on the other side. Of course one has to play one row down to get the effect of the alto, which takes a little practise. On my last "alto" I moved the finger-rest back by one screw-hole, which helps! I really love to play my music in the nice alto range without relearning the fingering. The response is much better than that of a baritone. Where as I often find that the low notes of a tenor-treble drown out the higher notes, the alto range is perfectly balanced. In fact I liked it so much, that I bought one of Wim Wackers 48-key-tenors and did the same little trick. The 48 key tenor is only slightly larger than a treble and has a considerably faster response than the 56 key tenor treble!! Now I find myself playing this box all the time... After that experiense I went ahead and changed an extended treble to play five notes up by swapping all F and F# ( and playing one row up ). It works, but the range is not as pleasent to the ears as the alto... I decided to sell my ebony-ended 56-key Aeola-tenor-treble - currently tuned as alto ( which can be changed back within 10 minutes ). I will put it up at the buy & sell, if I find the time... Send me a pm if interested!

!,5" of water makes more sense! I did the maths last night: 1 Pascal ( Pa ) = 1 Newton ( N ) / m2 100 Pascal = 1 mbar or 1 cm of water Assuming an applied pressure of 10 Newton to an area of 15 X 15 cm ( one concertina-end ) gives 4 mbar, which makes sense ( see above ). Heavy playing of a small concertina could bring the pressure to 10 mbar or more. I ordered a 25 mbar pressure-sensor!

Recently I saw a concertina for sale that had been tuned down a fifth, so that it would play in F instead of C, when fingered normally. It is a very useful range, especially if implemented in a treble-size concertina for power and quick response. Has anyone come across English concertinas in other than the normal tuning system ( Piccolo, treble, baritone, bass - each with an octave in-between and based on C ). Has anyone converted them?? I have heard of Clarinets, Oboes and other brass-instrument related tunings!?!

I'm still looking for the pressure inside a concertina while played. I need the value to buy the right pressure-sensor for a MIDI-project. I used an electric air-pump for tuning many years ago with a water-tube pressure-gauge. If I remember rightly, I was using about 40cm of water-hight equivalent to 4 mbar - not a lot really!?! Any ideas or experiences???

The seller offers paypal... As far as I know does paypal cover all costs in the case of loss or fraud??? Or did anybody have bad experiences with paypal?? I once was paid a lot of money from paypal in a bad concertina-deal...