And now something completely different....

[conzertino]

I just came across the youtube of an old concertina-friend and regular at the German concertina-meeting: concertina out of hell with Stephan Böhmer.

Obviously we Germans don't have a lot of respect for those old traditional instruments;-) What do you think?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAHCo6gMiWQ

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

Oh dear! I don't like that at all!  Poor thing [the concertina I mean!!!!]

[Michael Eskin]

Nice to see some innovation with the instrument even if it's not something I'd personally be interested in.

[Geoff Wooff]

I  sold  Stephan  that  concertina... it's  a fine  beast  I  did  a lot of  work on..  he  is  a fine  creative  fellow.

[chris rowe]

Amazing ! 

What is the concertina Geoff, he said in the clip it was 100 years old.

 

[Geoff Wooff]

11 minutes ago, chris rowe said:

Amazing ! 

What is the concertina Geoff, he said in the clip it was 100 years old.

 

It's  a 57key Aeola MacCann  Duet.  I  cannot  recall the  number  off  the top  of my  head  but it  would  be  100 years old or more.  I  got it  from  Alex West......  but like many  concertinas  I  have  had  I  do  wonder why  I  sold it.  Still, it is  in good hands.

[Mike Franch]

1 hour ago, Geoff Wooff said:

 he  is  a fine  creative  fellow.

 

And he keeps his boots well shined.

[malcolm clapp]

2 hours ago, Mike Franch said:

 

And he keeps his boots well shined.

Maybe uses the same polish on his bellows... 

 

Edited January 11, 2022 by malcolm clapp
(Can of worms warning)

[JimR]

I believe Stephan Bohmer will play during World Concertina Day

[Stefan]

On 1/10/2022 at 10:16 PM, Geoff Wooff said:

It's  a 57key Aeola MacCann  Duet.  I  cannot  recall the  number  off  the top  of my  head  but it  would  be  100 years old or more.  I  got it  from  Alex West......  but like many  concertinas  I  have  had  I  do  wonder why  I  sold it.  Still, it is  in good hands.

Yes Geoff, it´s from 1916 and I am still greatful that you gave it to me. It plays and sounds like a dream. And yes, I take good care of it.

Do you know where Alex West got it from? He is a member here, maybe I can ask him.

If Concertinas could talk....

[Stefan]

On 1/10/2022 at 11:01 PM, Mike Franch said:

 

And he keeps his boots well shined.

Old Concertina, new boots

[Łukasz Martynowicz]

59 minutes ago, Stefan said:

Yes Geoff, it´s from 1916 and I am still greatful that you gave it to me. It plays and sounds like a dream. And yes, I take good care of it.

Do you know where Alex West got it from? He is a member here, maybe I can ask him.

If Concertinas could talk....

 

I always wanted to ask you - how is it electrified? Is it a pickup, a microphone, a MIDI pickup? And do I guess correctly, that only a single side is electrified and the other is plain acoustic?

[Stefan]

There are two small microphones under my palms, one left one right. They go into a guitar multi effect board that has two separate effect strings. So I can use different effects for the left and right side. 

[Daniel Hersh]

On 1/10/2022 at 9:23 PM, JimR said:

I believe Stephan Bohmer will play during World Concertina Day

 

Yes, he will!

[JimR]

I have a CD made by Stefan. Unusual for concertina perhaps, but the music is familiar to this American's ears. Well done, Stefan.

[Chris Ghent]

terrific...

[Stefan]

I'm glad that you like it, thank you Chris and Jim. But I am also aware that it's not everybody's taste and that's totally ok.

Last night I played in a rock-club and it was very successful. 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=7205430749482048&id=100000455832528&sfnsn=scwspmo

[Łukasz Martynowicz]

On 1/13/2022 at 4:49 PM, Stefan said:

There are two small microphones under my palms, one left one right. They go into a guitar multi effect board that has two separate effect strings. So I can use different effects for the left and right side. 

Thanks! But I do wonder - how are there no feedback loop problems? Sorry to ask so many questions, but I simply love the electrified concertina sound since I first heard your recordings few years ago, and wanted to try this myself, but I have no real experience outside of acoustic and MIDI environments.