Dominic Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I came across this strange instrument.It looks like an Anglo but the bass notes are on the right side and the treble on the left one. The air button is on the left side in the bottom, probably to be actionned by the left pinky. Could it be a left handed Anglo? Have you seen such an instrument before? Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. There must be some left-handed players with arthitis in their left thumbs out there somewhere, just waiting for this ... Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 (edited) I came across this strange instrument.It looks like an Anglo but the bass notes are on the right side and the treble on the left one. The air button is on the left side in the bottom, probably to be actionned by the left pinky. Could it be a left handed Anglo? By the appearance and your description, I'd guess it's a standard anglo with the handles switched. Whether deliberate or the result of clueless disassembly and reassembly, I wouldn't hazard a guess. Edited to add: Does it have a maker's name? Edited April 1, 2011 by JimLucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDF Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Ive got some left handed euros I could let you have for it.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Could it be a left handed Anglo? Have you seen such an instrument before? Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. No, worth nothing at all, in fact it is categorised as hazardous waste. Fortunately I have a special licence for neutralising this type of material prior to disposal. If you can give me full contact details I'll get the team round to pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I came across this strange instrument.It looks like an Anglo but the bass notes are on the right side and the treble on the left one. The air button is on the left side in the bottom, probably to be actionned by the left pinky. Could it be a left handed Anglo? Have you seen such an instrument before? Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. Can you provide pictures taken with a left handed camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Take a left-handed screwdriver, remove and reverse the hand rails...put it in the Buy and Sell forum as a right handed model... bingo!! Instant profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardie Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I came across this strange instrument.It looks like an Anglo but the bass notes are on the right side and the treble on the left one. The air button is on the left side in the bottom, probably to be actionned by the left pinky. Could it be a left handed Anglo? Have you seen such an instrument before? Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. I don't understand a thing. Looks like a perfectly normal anglo to me. What happens if you turn it around 180 degrees? The person on the photo holds it upside down anyway...April fools everyone...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Coles Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 We've also had reports that aliens have been spotted playing concertinas on Enceladus. So not only could DNA have been delivered to Earth by meteorites, but also concertinas! Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marien Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Isn't it just a right hand concertina held upside down Check picture 1 -How to make it a right hand concertina? Stretch arms and put concertina on the table in front of you with stretched bellows Remove hands from straps Turn the concertina 180 degrees (right end over the top to the left) Put hands into switched straps There you got it - a right hand concertina..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Isn't it just a right hand concertina held upside down Check picture 1 -How to make it a right hand concertina? Stretch arms and put concertina on the table in front of you with stretched bellows Remove hands from straps Turn the concertina 180 degrees (right end over the top to the left) Put hands into switched straps There you got it - a right hand concertina..... why so complicated? Stretch arms and put concertina on the table in front of you with stretched bellows Remove hands from wrists attach removed hands to opposite wrists Put hands into unswitched straps There you got it..... (there's alwys one to spoil it...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Isn't it just a right hand concertina held upside down Check picture 1 -How to make it a right hand concertina? Stretch arms and put concertina on the table in front of you with stretched bellows Remove hands from straps Turn the concertina 180 degrees (right end over the top to the left) Put hands into switched straps There you got it - a right hand concertina..... Hi Marien But, wouldn't that put the buttons under the heel/palm of your hands, and leave no buttons under the fingers? Thanks Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Has someone just taken the ends off and screwed them back on the wrong way round Good discussion though Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well, it is April Fools Day after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well spotted Geoff and I even purchased a spaghetti tree Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Well spotted Geoff and I even purchased a spaghetti tree Al That does remind me of a neighbour , in Ireland, who came into our house whilst we were eating Spaghetti, he asked what it was and what sort of tree it might grow on, and I don't think he was joking. My wife went on to grow Spaghetti Squash that year which might have perplexed him further, especially as I recall ,they were the lefthanded variety. Geoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 We've also had reports that aliens have been spotted playing concertinas on Enceladus. So not only could DNA have been delivered to Earth by meteorites, but also concertinas! Ken Which might go a long way to explain the stone concertina remains discovered at Ennis Friary, on this very day in 2005... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 I came across this strange instrument.It looks like an Anglo but the bass notes are on the right side and the treble on the left one. The air button is on the left side in the bottom, probably to be actionned by the left pinky. Could it be a left handed Anglo? Have you seen such an instrument before? Is it worth anything on the concertina market ? Thanks for any answers you can provide. You should ship it back to the maker, in Canada - I'm sure he could convert it to right-handed for you, at a very moderate charge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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