Miniature Salterelle English

[Geoff Wooff]

I have seen an 18 button English semi miniature concertina for sale and I do recall these being discussed but cannot find the thread.

 

Suposed to be 114mm across and has a ten fold bellows.

 

So, does anybody have knowledge of these ?

 

Thanks for any comments,

Geoff.

[Greg Jowaisas]

Hi Geoff,

Here is a link to House of Musical Traditions over here in Maryland who sells an 18b semi=miniature Stagi with 10 folds.

 

http://www.hmtrad.com/catalog/winds/sbx/sbx-engl.html

 

Is this the instrument you were thinking of?

 

Greg

[Graham Collicutt]

Some leads:

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4852&hl=%2Bhenrik+%2Bstagi

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2718&hl=%2Bhenrik+%2Bstagi

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=250&view=findpost&p=2067&hl=%2Bhenrik+%2Bstagi

[Geoff Wooff]

Hi Geoff,

Here is a link to House of Musical Traditions over here in Maryland who sells an 18b semi=miniature Stagi with 10 folds.

 

http://www.hmtrad.com/catalog/winds/sbx/sbx-engl.html

 

Is this the instrument you were thinking of?

 

Greg

Hi Greg,

yes this is the thing... except that my advertiser states that it is a Salterelle , which he/she suggests is of better quality... ?

 

Thanks for finding this.

 

And thank Graham for those links.

[hjcjones]

Salterelle are a brand of accordions and melodeons but they don't build them themselves, they come from other manufacturers. I didn't know they'd done concertinas, but if so the quality would depend on who supplied them - in this case it sounds like that might have been Stagi.

[Theo]

There are no concertinas on the Saltarelle website, as Howard says they don't manufacture themselves, they do the design and the marketing, and I would be very surprised if they had a concertina for sale but did not include it on their website. It is possible that they offered a concertina in the past, and have since dropped it, or that there is a prototype somewhere for a new model. But I think the most likely explanation Geoff is that your advertiser is getting the names mixed up.

[Mike Franch]

I have the Stagi mini that I bought used from a cnet member, a purchase I've been delighted with. I'm a little apologetic about the tone, but people who don't know concertinas think it's lovely. It fits into my computer bag and I take it everywhere. I'd love to have a G# and an Eb, but there'd be no room inside. Stagi quality: the F# button is slanted and doesn't seem fixalble, but it works. It's got great volume. The thumb and pinky straps on each sides give pretty good control, but I find my hands cramp if I play it too long. I wouldn't have bought one at new instrument prices, but it's a great little instrument.

[Geoff Wooff]

Thanks for all the information everyone. It certainly looks exactly like the Stagi model.. so perhaps it is just "re-badged" or the seller has got the name confused.

Unfortunately it is at the other end of the country and I don't think I want to buy-without-a-try..... hence this topic and questions.

 

Cheers,

Geoff.