Adrian's Concertina Instructor...

[adrian brown]

Thanks to an alert from Gary, I couldn't resist getting hold of a copy of this mighty tome via Ebay.

 

 

I've made a scan of all 16 pages, but since it's from 1937 and theoretically still in copyright, I'm a bit wary of just posting it on the web. If anybody is interested, send me a PM and I'll email you a copy (8.4Mb).

 

Strangely perhaps, the tutor is for a 20 button German looking concertina in F/C

 

Adrian

Edited April 8, 2019 by adrian brown

[David Barnert]

Any idea who Adrian is (or was), Adrian?

[RAc]

http://www.concertina.com/merris/bibliography/anglo-tutors.htm

 

It's a C.F. Adrian (further details were not available on short internet search, I'm sure someone will pitch in here soon)

 

[adrian brown]

I've no idea who he was, but there is an original composition "Carnival Nights" in the publication. Just wondering if his initials give a clue to the tuning of his concertina... Is this the only method/tutor that uses an F/C concertina, or was this a common tuning in German instruments of the 1930s?

 

Adrian