Concertina Sighting

[Lemon]

Spotted this concertina today in the Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes/Museum of the Battle of the Ardennes (La Roche en Ardenne, Belgium).

Edited August 24, 2011 by Lemon

[Geoffrey Crabb]

Spotted this concertina today in the Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes/Museum of the Battle of the Ardennes (La Roche en Ardenne, Belgium).

 

Ah, one of the elite 'upside down' players.

 

Geoff

[Lemon]

Here's a second picture from another angle.

Edited August 24, 2011 by Lemon

[Bill N]

Here's a second picture from another angle.

 

 

Well, he may have an unorthodox playing style, but he's exhibiting a text-book example of "concertina face"!

[JimLucas]

Ah, one of the elite 'upside down' players.

Not just left-handed?

But maybe he should find a different place to practice.

The guy with the machine gun seems to be aiming for him.

[NoNaYet]

Spotted this concertina today in the Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes/Museum of the Battle of the Ardennes (La Roche en Ardenne, Belgium).

 

 

One of the sets I play is all WWI tunes. One of which is Lilly Marlene. I bet that is what this soldier is playing.

 

NNY

[JimLucas]

... Lilly Marlene. I bet that is what this soldier is playing.

Anne Gregson and Chris Timson do a beautiful job of that one.

[John Wild]

The guy with the machine gun seems to be aiming for him.

 

It looks to me like he is aiming at the other instrument parked on the window ledge, possibly a melodeon?

[Michael Ducky Raley]

Just in time for Haloween. I was staying at a hotel and spotted a Concertina breifly on Cable TV...

somewhere in "From Dusk to Dawn III: the Hangman's daughter". It was a saloon band scene somewhere just before

the vampires go into a frenzy

[Guest mglamb]

The guy with the machine gun seems to be aiming for him.

 

It looks to me like he is aiming at the other instrument parked on the window ledge, possibly a melodeon?

 

The "instrument" on the ledge appears to be a set of German mess-tins, the "machine gun" is actually a device for assembling loose ammunition into linked belts for use in machine guns. At least it's right side up!

[Kurt Braun]

The ship captain in Prometheus, in theaters now, plays what appears to be a very nice English.

[Brian McGee]

The ship captain in Prometheus, in theaters now, plays what appears to be a very nice English.

 

 

Yup, and he claims it belonged to Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young. I wonder if Stills ever really owned one. It would be a bizarre thing to make up, but I can't find any reference to him playing one.

 

B

[chris]

I'm embarrassed to say that I saw an anglo being pumped (couldn't say played) in Anne of Green Gables (193?) film the other day

i'm also embarrassed that I couldn't spell embarrassed so I had to look embarrassed up in the dictionary

chris

[Geoff Wooff]

Miniature EC spotted today in a world war two film "The password is courage". Brittish film about prisoners of war, with Dirk Bogarde. Channel Four ,Televison.

About half an hour into the film is a concert scene with three musicians and in the centre is the player of the Miniature,and he is playing it. I think it could be Tommy Elliot ?

 

Several other good scenes with the Miniature but no cast of actors at the end....

Edited November 15, 2012 by Geoff Wooff

[Robert Booth]

I caught "The Admirable Crighton" last night, starring Kenneth More as the title character.

A framing scene has a foppish dandy manipulating the bellows of an unidentified concertina (not playing...God forbid-that was a PA!) for a group of fat cats aboard ship.

The ship immediately sank.

Draw your own conclusions

 

Fun movie, tho.

 

Cheers, RB

Edited November 16, 2012 by Robert Booth