What our concertinas look like?

[tona]

Here is my custom Dipper baritone duet with low basses. Sun actually in France

 

 

 

[tamborileru]

Wow!

 

What a wonderful pictures!

 

I have got only a little Höhner D40/9 with twenty buttons, but I love it!

 

The picture is the same that my profile picture.

 

 

 

[Stephen Chambers]

My new "baby" - a very early octagonal Wheatstone Aeola 56-key treble, #23111, made c.1902:

 

 

Edited March 17, 2020 by Stephen Chambers
Edited to replace missing image.

[Defra]

Here is my custom Dipper baritone duet with low basses. Sun actually in France

 

 

 

What an amazing instrument. Just out of curiosity, do you have a link to any diagrams of the keyboard layouts ?

Thanks,

Dean

[conzertino]

I am just back from England where I picked up two Instruments from the restorers:

 

David Robertson did a fantastic job on my Tortoiseshell TT - it looks and plays as good as new!

 

 

Steve Dickinson put new super-bellows on my Amboyna piccolo-sized treble ( 5 1/2 " ! ) and revoiced her. This now is my absolute dream-instrument - loud, fast ... and so much fun to play ;-)

 

[Wolf Molkentin]

Congratulations, Robert!

 

...and I'm looking forward to giving the piccolo a try on next year's "Friday"!

 

Best wishes - Wolf

[sqzbxr]

After about 20 years of playing Anglo, I have finally made the switch to the English system. This is a change that I have been considering for some time. My 30-key Jeffries in G/D is gone, its replacement is a 1924 Wheatstone Model 17 treble with raised amboyna ends and gold plated buttons and hardware:

 

 

 

Note: these photos are from The Button Box, I haven't gotten around to taking my own yet.

Edited April 14, 2014 by ex-sqzbxr

[Wolf Molkentin]

If your instrument plays just half as nice as it looks you will be very happy, won't you?

 

Best wishes - Wolf

[sqzbxr]

Thanks, Wolf - that's what I'm hoping! The instrument itself is in excellent condition, with a strong, sweet tone, good dynamic range, and quick action and response. I, however, am a total novice at the English system, so I will have to work hard to bring myself up to speed...

[Wolf Molkentin]

Well, speed, I'd suggest you'd take your time. As for me the seemingly unevitable tendency of speeding up lets me level the ornamentations. At times they never come up as nice as in the initial, somewhat uneven playing of a tune.

[Anglo Enthusiast]

My concertina has 2 ends with buttons and bellows in between...

[Stephen Chambers]

My concertina has 2 ends with buttons and bellows in between...

 

That's unusual, it must be very hard to play with the buttons between the ends...

 

Edited to add: ‘A picture is worth ten thousand words’ - old Chinese proverb.

Edited April 24, 2014 by Stephen Chambers

[Wolf Molkentin]

As I'm presently in Denmark I might add a quote from a famous Danish artist:

 

In the beginning was the image.

[Steve Wilson]

Here's my brand new Parnassus english concertina made by Wim Wakker. It's a dream to play, fast loud and with a pure sounding tone. I'm extreamly happy with it.

[Geoff Wooff]

Here's my brand new Parnassus english concertina made by Wim Wakker. It's a dream to play, fast loud and with a pure sounding tone. I'm extreamly happy with it.Parnassus one.JPGParnassus three.JPGParnassus two.JPG

Ooooooh.... I wish I could have a test drive !!!!!

 

A Parnassus in Baritone/Treble .... hmmm ... I wonder if there'd be a chance of that ????

 

Looks as if this could be the sixth one that Wim has made... it would be nice to see some reports from other owners.. or hear some recordings.

[Peter Tuviken]

For sale need a little work but lovely concertina

[LHMark]

Here's a fleeting shot of my Wakker A4 in its natural environment

[David Hornett]

Hi All,

 

 

The latest, C/G. Tassie Tiger.

 

David