Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I havent ever seen anyone post about this maker before, here is his website: http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/ I've just received my apj concertina after the 6 month wait. Ant used to work for andrew norman and also made quite a few of the hobgoblin "sherwood" concertinas. I originally wanted one of those but hobgoblin said that the waiting list was like 2 years so after some more research I found this, and I'm very pleased with it. Ive not seen anything on the net about these instruments so I just thought would say they are pretty decent, like the sherwood but apparently better and with a shorter wait Anthony was very easy to talk to and was quite happy to make me an instrument to my exact specifications: 7 folds, metal ends, Lachenal bellows papers and hand bars that are precisely 27 millimetres high (very important to me!) here is a video of me playing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfVRw_kNXzc the tune is from one of my morris sides, nonesuch morris and is called the Kennington hornpipe, its taking a bit of getting used to as im more used to a melodeon but its getting there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I havent ever seen anyone post about this maker before, here is his website: http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/ I've just received my apj concertina after the 6 month wait. Ant used to work for andrew norman and also made quite a few of the hobgoblin "sherwood" concertinas. I originally wanted one of those but hobgoblin said that the waiting list was like 2 years so after some more research I found this, and I'm very pleased with it. Ive not seen anything on the net about these instruments so I just thought would say they are pretty decent, like the sherwood but apparently better and with a shorter wait Anthony was very easy to talk to and was quite happy to make me an instrument to my exact specifications: 7 folds, metal ends, Lachenal bellows papers and hand bars that are precisely 27 millimetres high (very important to me!) here is a video of me playing it: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=UfVRw_kNXzc the tune is from one of my morris sides, nonesuch morris and is called the Kennington hornpipe, its taking a bit of getting used to as im more used to a melodeon but its getting there Nicely played! I'd heard of AP James concertinas before but hadn't heard much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Does anyone know if A.P. James is still making concertinas? His web site is not working. I havent ever seen anyone post about this maker before, here is his website: http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/ I've just received my apj concertina after the 6 month wait. Ant used to work for andrew norman and also made quite a few of the hobgoblin "sherwood" concertinas. I originally wanted one of those but hobgoblin said that the waiting list was like 2 years so after some more research I found this, and I'm very pleased with it. Ive not seen anything on the net about these instruments so I just thought would say they are pretty decent, like the sherwood but apparently better and with a shorter wait Anthony was very easy to talk to and was quite happy to make me an instrument to my exact specifications: 7 folds, metal ends, Lachenal bellows papers and hand bars that are precisely 27 millimetres high (very important to me!) here is a video of me playing it: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=UfVRw_kNXzc the tune is from one of my morris sides, nonesuch morris and is called the Kennington hornpipe, its taking a bit of getting used to as im more used to a melodeon but its getting there Nicely played! I'd heard of AP James concertinas before but hadn't heard much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takayuki YAGI Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hi Daniel, Recently I heard from Japanese dealer that he had just received some concertinas from APJ. So obviously APJames is still making concertinas, though his web site is temporarily down. Cheers, -- Taka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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