jdms Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Latest addition to the stable: a Peacock. I got an Elise to try out the Hayden system, liked it and upgraded. Now to improve my playing to the point that I'm willing to play it where others might hear me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Welcome to the club, Joshua. The Hayden system changed my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathhag Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 So I don’t believe I ever posted my Dipper but now that the family has grown I will show you both. I have had The Dipper a little over 4 years. It was built in 1981. It is 5 1/2 inches across the flats and weighs 1025 grams. It is a glorious instrument in almost every way. But I had a few concerns. First I worried about traveling with it and I worried about the excessive dryness in my house in the winter even with a humidifier. I have been fascinated by what Edward Jay has done with his 3D printed instruments. So I got my new instrument from him this week. It is 6 1/2 inches across the flats and weighs 1187 grams. I am very happy with it. It plays easily and sounds great. Since I am not great player you should visit has website to hear professionals playing it. Makes a great second instrument for me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepinefield Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Hello Does anyone identify this Wheatstone English Concertina 48 key model name? The end of material is maybe Rosewood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 My 36 button anglo. Slightly smaller than "normal" at 5 1/2 inches across the flats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 My 1923 Wheatstone Aeola 62 key Baritone Treble English. Cheers, Dick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 6:02 AM, genepinefield said: Hello Does anyone identify this Wheatstone English Concertina 48 key model name? The end of material is maybe Rosewood. Wheatstone's seem to have given their models neither names nor numbers at the time, but these inlaid rosewood-ended ones sold for £12 ,, 12s, and were sometimes described as "for concerts" - so I'd be inclined to refer to them as "the twelve guinea model" or "the concert model". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 always wanted one of these… 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 (edited) and a view of the inner workings, LHS (no chances of swapping the reeds of button 5, in the manner of 4a, though, as the shoes differ a lot) Edited June 1, 2023 by Wolf Molkentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted June 10, 2023 Share Posted June 10, 2023 (edited) and finally (after having found my soldering iron again): LH 6 on the draw: C4 down to A3, essential for my playing the 20b in general, and this fantastic little screamer in particular Edited June 11, 2023 by Wolf Molkentin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Burke Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 3/8/2015 at 1:23 AM, Chandler said: As the original post says "What our concertinas look like?" I thought I would show you mine as is! Mid restoration, just about ready to re-bush, sort pads and valves and anything else that crops up! Your concertina getting the love it deserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4to5to6 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 10:02 PM, genepinefield said: Hello Does anyone identify this Wheatstone English Concertina 48 key model name? The end of material is maybe Rosewood. On 2/22/2023 at 12:23 PM, Stephen Chambers said: Wheatstone's seem to have given their models neither names nor numbers at the time, but these inlaid rosewood-ended ones sold for £12 ,, 12s, and were sometimes described as "for concerts" - so I'd be inclined to refer to them as "the twelve guinea model" or "the concert model". I’ll add a photo here later but I picked up one of these 12 guinea models in near mint condition with a mint condition case for next to nothing. It has become one of my absolute favourite concertinas: quite but super responsive with a large dynamic range . 7573 serial from 1856 is sandwiched between Regondi and Blagrove. I feel very privileged to be its custodian. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 11 hours ago, 4to5to6 said: I’ll add a photo here later but I picked up one of these 12 guinea models in near mint condition with a mint condition case for next to nothing. It has become one of my absolute favourite concertinas: quite but super responsive with a large dynamic range . 7573 serial from 1856 is sandwiched between Regondi and Blagrove. I feel very privileged to be its custodian. Original pads and valves? Or has it been rehabbed? Can you say something about how it’s tuned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4to5to6 Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 On 10/20/2023 at 7:00 AM, David Barnert said: Original pads and valves? Or has it been rehabbed? Can you say something about how it’s tuned? Original pads, new valves, tuned to A440 and voiced. I’ve come to realize that it’s mainly about the quality of the reeds and how the concertina has been stored (cared for) over its life. This one started out as a “best of the best” 12 guinea Wheatstone. Emily Bulteel was a student of Richard Blagrove. Even the almost 170 year old case is nearly mint. Most of these hex cases have fallen apart by now. I brought the bellows back to full life with some Connolly Hide Care. I don’t know who tuned it to A440 but the steel reed profiles look great. It has the original leather bellows so a bit of a subdued sound and super expressive and responsive with amazing dynamics. It is my favourite at home, in the evening, concertina 2nd only to my golden era 31xxx amboyna TT that cost me over 20 times as much! I’ll get a few photo of it on here soon. Another interesting feature is that it only has a 5-fold bellows but the folds are very deep so it opens up a lot more than expected; I never run out of air. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Heumann Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 People who don't play concertinas often ask me, "Why do you need more than one?" The answer could simply be, "I don't", but after a while a player realizes each concertina has a particular quality that your current one doesn't, but may not have some that your current one does. The long & short of it is that I don't care what maker or year the box is, but how it plays and sounds. So here's my "What & Why"; 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen P Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 I am new to learning the English Concertina. I first purchased a McNeela Sparrow. Within a week issues began to develop with the instrument so I returned it. I was able to correspond with Frank Edgley who introduced me to his friend, a very experienced EC player. His help was invaluable and this is my ‘new to me’ Lachenal New Model EC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Heumann Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Congratulations Karen! I'm glad we were able to get you into a good reliable instrument. Welcome to the group! Paul & Frank: Job well done. ---Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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