im building a piano fingered concertina

[Bassconcertina.net]

what i want to build is more similar to this 

[JimR]

That image did not work for me on Firefox (asked for a Google login).

[David Barnert]

I don’t see anything there, either. Just an empty square with a question mark in it and “image.png” (using Safari on a Mac).

 

Can this interface display png’s? Maybe it should be a jpeg.

[Bassconcertina.net]

http://concertinamuseum.com/CM00394.htm

put this in your search bar

[Bassconcertina.net]

On 4/27/2021 at 9:15 PM, David Barnert said:

I don’t see anything there, either. Just an empty square with a question mark in it and “image.png” (using Safari on a Mac).

 

Can this interface display png’s? Maybe it should be a jpeg.

 

On 4/27/2021 at 8:45 PM, JimR said:

That image did not work for me on Firefox (asked for a Google login).

 

http://concertinamuseum.com/CM00394.htm 

Edited April 29, 2021 by Bassconcertina.net

[JimmyG]

2 hours ago, Bassconcertina.net said:

http://concertinamuseum.com/CM00394.htm 

[JimLucas]

Are there any records of performers noted for playing on such a concertina?

[Peter Smith]

I had one of these a few years ago. I did quite a bit on it but was unable to get it into playing order, as the ends were warped. I sold it to someone in Munich, who was very happy with it. Unfortunately, I didn’t make a note of the tuning.

[JimmyG]

Tuning? 🤔

[Stephen Chambers]

On 5/1/2021 at 12:51 AM, JimmyG said:

Tuning? 🤔

 

Indeed, though some were made with a diatonic left-hand side... 

[JimLucas]

17 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said:

Indeed, though some were made with a diatonic left-hand side... 

 

I think I've seen those from Italy (or Germany?), but did any of the English makers do that?

[Stephen Chambers]

8 hours ago, JimLucas said:

I think I've seen those from Italy (or Germany?), but did any of the English makers do that?

 

Piano-fingered concertinas seem to have been a German invention Jim, patented in England on 9th July 1862 by C. F. W. Rust (for F. Glier). After that patent expired they were manufactured in England by George Jones, and later Lachenal & Co.

 

Versions with a diatonic left-hand side ddn't come along until much later again. These catalogue entries are from the Klingenthal firms Meinel & Herold, and Hess, in the 1930s, but I've never seen an English-made instrument of this type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JimLucas]

On 5/4/2021 at 2:44 AM, Stephen Chambers said:

Versions with a diatonic left-hand side ddn't come along until much later again. These catalogue entries are from the Klingenthal firms Meinel & Herold, and Hess, in the 1930s, but I've never seen an English-made instrument of this type:

 

Yeah, that's the type I was asking about.  And if you've never seen one, I doubt that anybody has.  8^)

[Bassconcertina.net]

On 5/3/2021 at 8:44 PM, Stephen Chambers said:

 

Piano-fingered concertinas seem to have been a German invention Jim, patented in England on 9th July 1862 by C. F. W. Rust (for F. Glier). After that patent expired they were manufactured in England by George Jones, and later Lachenal & Co.

 

Versions with a diatonic left-hand side ddn't come along until much later again. These catalogue entries are from the Klingenthal firms Meinel & Herold, and Hess, in the 1930s, but I've never seen an English-made instrument of this type:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found one vary similar to the ones on this add. https://akkordeon-museum.ch/klavier-concertina-mit-wechselton-einzel-bass-mixte-blau-23-12/

 

[Mike Acott]

I have had a 54 key piano key duet made by H Crabb, metal ended, six inches across the ends . I tuned it to concert pitch and it was sold through the auspices of Emmanuel Pariselle to a French customer who travelled between France and the USA , it was easier to take with him than a large bandonion he also played.

Mike

 

 

PS this concertina was from the turn of the 20th century

[Richard Mellish]

19 hours ago, Mike Acott said:

I have had a 54 key piano key duet made by H Crabb, metal ended, six inches across the ends . I tuned it to concert pitch and it was sold through the auspices of Emmanuel Pariselle to a French customer who travelled between France and the USA , it was easier to take with him than a large bandonion he also played.

Mike

 

 

PS this concertina was from the turn of the 20th century

54 pairs of reeds seem an awful lot to fit into that size of concertina.

[Stephen Chambers]

32 minutes ago, Richard Mellish said:

54 pairs of reeds seem an awful lot to fit into that size of concertina.

 

56-key treble English concertinas (though in a more regular 6 1/4" size) were commonly made.

[Geoffrey Crabb]

On 5/18/2022 at 2:30 PM, Mike Acott said:

I have had a 54 key piano key duet made by H Crabb, metal ended, six inches across the ends . I tuned it to concert pitch and it was sold through the auspices of Emmanuel Pariselle to a French customer who travelled between France and the USA , it was easier to take with him than a large bandonion he also played.

Mike

 

 

PS this concertina was from the turn of the 20th century

Crabb 8827 (1907) Piano layout. 54 button. 

Edited May 20, 2022 by Geoffrey Crabb