Anglo Tuning

[DerekR]

I'm just a "play by ear" concertina player, and can get a decent tune out of anything put in front of me, but I do get confused about the key in which tina's are tuned to.

 

I own a Crabb 30 key (dated circa 1890 by Geoff Crabb a while back) and a 30 Key Wheatstone dated circa 1966. (I also own a Wheatstone 46 key Duet)

 

Problem I have, is that I simply don't know the tuning of these two anglos!

 

Can any of you kind people advise me on how I can tell what they are tuned to?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Derek

[Anglo-Irishman]

Problem I have, is that I simply don't know the tuning of these two anglos!

 

Can any of you kind people advise me on how I can tell what they are tuned to?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Derek,

 

All you have to do is to ascertain the pitch of the notes on the

 

- leftmost button, middle row, right-hand side and

- leftmost button, inner row, right-hand side,

 

while pressing the bellows in.

 

These define the keys of the anglo - usually C/G, often G/D, sometimes F/C or Ab/Eb, or some other combination a fifth apart.

 

Best way to check is with a chromatic electronic tuner, from which you can simply read off the pitch. If you have a friend who plays the autoharp, he/she is almost bound to have one. (The specific guitar tuners that only have the 6 notes of the openstrings are not much use.)

Or use a keyboard or properly tuned piano to find the matching notes.

Failing that, there's one online here.

 

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

John

[DerekR]

John

 

Many thanks for that - I'm off to my piano now, and hopefully, I'll shortly know what these two old boxes are pitched in!

 

Derek