department of WackyIdeas Posted November 22 Posted November 22 The Concertine Italia URL (https://www.concertineitalia.it) now resolves to a very strange Wordpress site in French. My French isn’t very good but the site seems to be about romantic relationships. The history of the manufacture of concertinas in Recanati is long and complicated with Stagi, Bastari, and maybe Bruner all producing instruments over the years.
Johanna Posted November 22 Posted November 22 Liberty Bellows has several concertinas in stock that are listed as new (i.e., not used) Stagis. (They're also extremely expensive compared to what I remember Stagis used to go for.) I guess they know something the rest of the world doesn't?
Matt Heumann Posted November 22 Posted November 22 Jokingly, back in the 70s, we referred to them as Bastardlies & Stingies due to the poor quality of those first ones.
David Barnert Posted November 22 Posted November 22 https://www.concertineitalia.it is no more. Mrs. Simona and company are gone. But the Stagi family is still at it. @Lorenzo Stagi posted this two days ago.
David Barnert Posted November 22 Posted November 22 26 minutes ago, David Barnert said: https://www.concertineitalia.it is no more. Mrs. Simona and company are gone. But the Stagi family is still at it. @Lorenzo Stagi posted this two days ago. I might add that since the above referenced change in management, there have been several posts on concertina.net describing disappointing instrument quality and customer service. For instance: and I should also say that I have played a Stagi Hayden bought within the past year that was in reasonable shape.
David Barnert Posted November 22 Posted November 22 @department of WackyIdeas, I just noticed that you have a post in one of the above threads. So I guess I’m not telling you anything you didn’t already know.
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted November 24 Posted November 24 When I looked in the link I also got a picture of a female model in figure hugging undergarments😊
department of WackyIdeas Posted November 24 Author Posted November 24 The Whois shows it as registered to “namegrab llc” so I assume that someone forgot to renew their registration.
Lappy Posted November 24 Posted November 24 Jim Laabs music store in Wisconsin is still advertising pages of Stagi even though they don’t have any in stock. I had purchased a Stagi duet from them last year and waited three months to get it delivered (during a Canada post strike). When I contacted Laabs store, they said “oh, we have it on order from Italy!….). I was lucky I got my money back and dodged a big bullet. I consoled myself by ordering a Concertina Connection Troubadour which I have been playing (in the loosest sense of the word) since May 5. I love it! 2
Lorenzo Stagi Posted Friday at 08:12 AM Posted Friday at 08:12 AM On 22/11/2025 at 14:57, department of WackyIdeas said: L'URL di Concertine Italia ( https://www.concertineitalia.it ) ora si collega a uno strano sito Wordpress in francese. Il mio francese non è molto buono, ma il sito sembra parlare di relazioni sentimentali. La storia della produzione di concertine a Recanati è lunga e complessa: Stagi, Bastari e forse Bruner hanno prodotto strumenti nel corso degli anni. Good morning il sito web are in restailing for your information j wont new not so much are avelable regards Lorenzo Stagi
Lorenzo Stagi Posted Friday at 08:32 AM Posted Friday at 08:32 AM On 22/11/2025 at 15:31, Johanna said: Liberty Bellows ha in magazzino diverse concertine che sono elencate come Stagis nuove (ovvero, non usate). (Sono anche estremamente costose rispetto a quanto ricordo che costassero le Stagis un tempo.) Immagino che sappiano qualcosa che il resto del mondo ignora? Good morning liberty bellows not wont pay normal price asched to me so much discount for buy to me concertine and put for you wery big price wont take oll profit and nothing me not sell animore concertine to liberty bellows this Is tru belive and sell concertine for china and Say thet produce concertine Italia not belive to liberty bellows Lorenzo Stagi concertine Italia
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