scoopet Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Does anyone know what type of aeola Steve Turner normally plays...(very well!) Edited January 4, 2019 by scoopet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jowaisas Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 My guess would be a baritone or perhaps a baritone/treble. Why don't you ask Steve? http://steve-turner.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle's cook Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I recall him saying (at a concert) that it was indeed a baritone treble, although several of the keys/reeds have been altered to more easily facilitate a drone effect. He does play it incredibly well - these are relatively heavy, bulky instruments to wrangle if one is more used to a treble/tt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 Thanks Simon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) Looks like a model 15 or 16 to me... 62 or 64 keys from top of the normal Treble 48 range to one octave below it. How to recognise a Baritone-Treble from a distance : the thumb straps are siituated on the centre line of the Octagon . Edited January 4, 2019 by Geoff Wooff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little John Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I don't know exactly what it is, but I discussed it with him last time he came to our folk club. An unusual feature is that the bottom row is anglo-style with reeds tuned an octave apart. So it has some really low notes but a short gap before you reach the lowest eight notes. LJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 I've seen him play twice .......once in Cornwall and once in Devon.I really enjoyed his playing.i think I shall make the effort to see him again this year.i might even pluck up the courage to ask him for a go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 ...and get some encouragement for your bisonoric ideas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 I given up on those wolf!!...... The new model I was going to "butcher" is one of Geoff's favourite concertinas... I'm allowed the low f but that's it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cohen Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I've spoken to Steve on a few occasions about his beautiful and unusual concertina. Steve refers to his concertina as a Bass-Baritone-Tenor, although Steve Dickinson says that Wheatstone referred to such instruments as 'Cello Concertinas'. I believe it is a 64 key Aeola but the bottom 4 keys have anglo action (i.e. they play a different note in each direction). The lowest note is a Bb which is nearly 2 octaves lower than the usual G bottom note of a treble English concertina. The concertina is still tuned in old pitch so its about 12 cents sharp of standard concert pitch. He said it came from a former salvation army musician from Doncaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 Does that mean it's actually a bass- baritone , not a baritone treble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 The last time I saw Steve Turner playing a year or so ago, I also asked him about his unusual instrument and while I can't remember everything he told me about it, what Cohen has posted seems to fit in with some of what I remember he told me and especially it being still in old pitch and that it had previously belonged to a former salvation army musician from Doncaster. Of course, as he uses it solely to accompany himself singing, it doesn't matter that it is tuned to old pitch. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Well I emailed Steve, (thanks Greg!!), And he has said a 64 key bass baritone tenor.....8 3/4 inches across......he probably has the strongest thumbs in the country....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adey Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 He's appearing in Exeter in February Simon. http://www.exeterfolkclub.org/?page_id=23 See you there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoopet Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Maybe John...Are you going to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adey Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I certainly intend going Simon; I've never seen/heard him live. I'll PM you when I find out how to buy an advance ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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