Chris Ghent Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Picked up the new phone books on the front porch recently and as one does, had a good look at the picture on the front. Nice scene, a group on the deck of the "James Craig", a three master from the 1870s or so, restored and sailing on Sydney harbour. And hullo, what's this, in the background is a person playing concertina. Then the penny dropped, it was my Lachernal, lent longterm to the friend who is playing it in the photo. You can clearly see the distinctive green bellows... Could this be the most reproduced concertina in history? There must be a couple of million copies at least. Pity it is a little small in the frame..! regs Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 Hardly viewable..! Here's a closer look. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Would you have lent it to him if you knew he was going to expose it to the adverse conditions of the sea air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Too bad you can't get royalties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 In a smilar vein, our concertinas have been on the BBC, even though we haven't (we've been on Austrian TV with our concertinas, but that's another story). If anyone recalls seeing the Local Heroes item on Charles Wheatstone, you should imagine me and Anne just out of shot watching the filming take place. We had lent them a couple of concertinas for the recording. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterT Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 In a smilar vein, our concertinas have been on the BBC....... Maybe we should set up a web site for our "celebrity" concertinas, where we can list their appearances. My Wheatstone C/G appeared on the 1993 "Children in Need" programme, as part of the ICA Band , and my Jeffries B'/F has recently filmed for the "Bargain Hunt" programme (as posted elsewhere). I always feel slightly humble in their presence . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 Maybe we should set up a web site for our "celebrity" concertinas, where we can list their appearances. My Wheatstone C/G appeared on the 1993 "Children in Need" programme, as part of the ICA Band That program also featured 2 Steve Dickinson/wheatstone concertinas - Glad Thorp's piccolo English and my Hayden duet. there was also Chris Burdett's bass English and Tony Jackson on anglo (instrument details unknown). We were followed by Paul jones and the Blues band, and I remember the look on Paul Jones face, when the sozzled announcer said they were going to play Sweets of May - which we had just finished. - John Wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 It's not in the same league as movies and TV shows, but my first concertina -- a garage-sale monstrosity with the ends of one cheap Italian concertina and the bellows of another -- appeared in a community theater production of Showboat , thanks to concertina.net. A member of the cast needed one, he googled "concertinas" and "Washington DC", found my name on c.net and called, asking if they could borrow a concertina for a few months. Fortunately, I had this worthless junker which was fine as a non-working prop. He returned it a few months later with a very nice bottle of wine, and said the production was smashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jowaisas Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 Chris, I notice your concertina is on the A-K edition of the directory. Perhaps next time you could try for the cover of the E-D-O phone book. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted May 22, 2006 Author Share Posted May 22, 2006 The ancient thread crawlers strike again. Seems like a lifetime ago... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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