Noel Ways Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I'm not sure if I would call this a concertina or not, but there are some similarities. It is intriguing, nevertheless !! I thought some of you out there might be interested. Any thoughts? http://wa4nup.com/crank/crank_cat2_pg2.html http://wa4nup.com/crank/crank_cat2_pg1.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 The Tanzbar (Dancing Bear) is a roller organ that looks and works much more like a concertina. This is a 28 Key Tanzbär player concertina that is in original unrestored condition. It has been tweaked a little to make it play. The tune is “Sweeter Than All of The Roses”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Wow Stephen, that is a nifty device. Kind of takes all the fun out of playing though... eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takayuki YAGI Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 I once saw a tanzbaer 'mini' model in the ebay listing and that was hexagonal. It looks more like a concertina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglo-Irishman Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Noel, A friend of mine is an enthusiastic organ grinder. He takes his barrel organ (or it takes him?) to festivals all over Germany and into the neighbouring countries. He also collects interesting "organalia", and one piece that caught my eye in his living-room was very much like the ones in your links. He played it for me, and I was amazed at its dulcet tones. It had free reeds instead of pipes! He informed me that it was an American "preacher's organ," formerly used by itinerant preachers to accompany hymns in out-of the-way places. My friend had a few rolls for it, and they were predominantly old Gospel songs and popular hymns. The timbre of this organ resembles the harmonium - which is also a free-reeder - and has none of the "worldly" brashness of the normal piped barrel-organ. Cheers, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLDNICKILBY Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I remember being at the Frankfurt Toy Fair about 16 years ago and seeing a very skilled Melodeon player, there was something not quite right about his style. I returned and realised that he was not actually playing. He explained the machine to me "Micro process control " . It was at that point when I saw the ultimate nightmare of being in a Session and someone calling out "Number 69 on the pink stick " and then a host of pumping Melodeons belting out the same cacophony AAGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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