cplayer Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 As you all will know some anglo concertinas have two novelty duck type call buttons was this limited to one maker or did other makers have similar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 As you all will know some anglo concertinas have two novelty duck type call buttons was this limited to one maker or did other makers have similar . Definitely not limited to a single maker, since I've had a couple of Lachenals with novelty buttons, but the Wheatstone ledgers also list several. In the Wheatstone ledgers a "cock crow" and "bird whistle" seem to be "standard". On Lachenals I've also run into what I would call "baby cry". Not sure about "duck call". I've heard tell of "dog bark" and "train whistle", but I've never experienced them... on a concertina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Aw shucks. I thought this was about big buttons you wore. You know, like political badges only with concertinas on them. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 ...political badges only with concertinas on them. Or smiley faces? Before the internet or Post-its, smiley faces on small buttons were a cool thing, and some people would draw them in handwritten letters. But it's the buttons I remember. I think I still have a few in a box. I have some of the old political buttons, too, but nothing recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted August 24, 2004 Share Posted August 24, 2004 In the Wheatstone ledgers a "cock crow" and "bird whistle" seem to be "standard". On Lachenals I've also run into what I would call "baby cry". Not sure about "duck call". I've heard tell of "dog bark" and "train whistle", but I've never experienced them... on a concertina. "Cock crow" and "bird whistle" are the names by which I have long known them, but I think the other names are just different people's attempts to describe the same things. I have seen such buttons mainly on concertinas by Lachenal, but also on ones by Wheatstone, Jeffries and Jones, and not only on anglos, they are sometimes to be seen on Englishes, and also on duets. I have an old "Gloria" 10-key melodeon that is rather overloaded with novelty effects, not only does it have a cock crow and bird whistle, but also a cuckoo and a vox humana ("tremelodeon") stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplayer Posted August 25, 2004 Author Share Posted August 25, 2004 many thanks for the replys would there have been a time span for this feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 would there have been a time span for this feature? From the instruments I have seen, I would reckon from about the 1870's up until the 1930's. They can be used to produce different sound effects, depending on how you move the bellows. Some people simply refer to them as a "whistle" and "squeaker". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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