English Concertina Range?

[Dave Marcus]

Is there a guide somewhere online as to what the range is for various English concertinas? For instance, on sale right now at the Button Box are these, and frankly, I don't know exactly what half of them cover!

 

- 30-key treble

- 35-key treble

- 56-key extended treble

- 56-key tenor treble

- 64-key tenor/extended treble

 

And other of course there are the minor variations: 45-, 47-, 49-, and 50-key.

 

D

 

[JimLucas]

Is there a guide somewhere online as to what the range is for various English concertinas? For instance, on sale right now at the Button Box are these, and frankly, I don't know exactly what half of them cover!

 

- 30-key treble

- 35-key treble

- 56-key extended treble

- 56-key tenor treble

- 64-key tenor/extended treble

 

And other of course there are the minor variations: 45-, 47-, 49-, and 50-key.

 

No time right now to either describe the terminology (of which there are in fact different versions/variants for some instruments, depending on who's doing the describing) or locate old posts that do so, but I think I can answer for those you've listed.

• - 30-key treble - from G below middle C up to first C above middle C, and lacking enharmonic accidental duplications
• - 35-key treble - I don't see this on their web site, but I would assume a low note of G below middle C and a high note of C two octaves above middle C, with a full keyboard (including all the enharmonic duplicates)
• - 56-key extended treble - four full octaves, from G below middle C to G four octaves higher
• - 56-key tenor treble - four full octaves, from C below middle C to C three octaves above middle C
• - 64-key tenor/extended treble - same as the above, but with an additional half octave on the top, going up to the next G

 

[Dave Marcus]

 

Is there a guide somewhere online as to what the range is for various English concertinas? For instance, on sale right now at the Button Box are these, and frankly, I don't know exactly what half of them cover!

 

- 30-key treble

- 35-key treble

- 56-key extended treble

- 56-key tenor treble

- 64-key tenor/extended treble

 

And other of course there are the minor variations: 45-, 47-, 49-, and 50-key.

 

No time right now to either describe the terminology (of which there are in fact different versions/variants for some instruments, depending on who's doing the describing) or locate old posts that do so, but I think I can answer for those you've listed.

• - 30-key treble - from G below middle C up to first C above middle C, and lacking enharmonic accidental duplications
• - 35-key treble - I don't see this on their web site, but I would assume a low note of G below middle C and a high note of C two octaves above middle C, with a full keyboard (including all the enharmonic duplicates)
• - 56-key extended treble - four full octaves, from G below middle C to G four octaves higher
• - 56-key tenor treble - four full octaves, from C below middle C to C three octaves above middle C
• - 64-key tenor/extended treble - same as the above, but with an additional half octave on the top, going up to the next G

 

 

 

Thanks Jim!

[Geoffrey Crabb]

This may help

 

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=5502

 

 

Geoffrey

[Dave Marcus]

This may help

 

 

http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=5502

 

 

Geoffrey

 

Indeed it does, and I am in your debt.

 

Dave