Concwrtina sighting

[Jody Kruskal]

I was watching this great video, and at 45:47 I saw a fine young English player from Michigan.

 

https://youtu.be/djGRjWlEwn8?si=EmHCJx77upOACe2a

 

[jgarber760]

Thanks for the link. I love Finnish waltzes.

“Concwrtina”— is that how you translate the word into Finnish? 🙂

 

Edited March 21 by jgarber760

[Ptarmigan]

14 hours ago, Jody Kruskal said:

I was watching this great video, and at 45:47 I saw a fine young English player from Michigan.

 

https://youtu.be/djGRjWlEwn8?si=EmHCJx77upOACe2a

 

 

Following the link, it says that the video is not available in my country - UK. 😒 Pity.

[Lappy]

On 3/21/2026 at 9:44 AM, jgarber760 said:

Thanks for the link. I love Finnish waltzes.

“Concwrtina”— is that how you translate the word into Finnish? 🙂

 

Folks need to be forgiven for making a typing mistake. The “e” is next door to the “w”. Most of us know what they are talking about even if they misspelled it.

[Matt Heumann]

On 3/20/2026 at 11:06 PM, Jody Kruskal said:

I was watching this great video, and at 45:47 I saw a fine young English player from Michigan.

 

 

 

I wonder if there are any other "First Nations" concertina players out there, it was a first for me.

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

As for mispellings(😊)..I have made many.. but come to think of it.. why was the name CONCERTINA chosen for the instrument at the beginning? ( When it was first invented or developed)?

[Lappy]

The video is not available in Canada.

[jkmelb]

13 minutes ago, Lappy said:

The video is not available in Canada.

 

Also not in Australia.

[RAc]

3 hours ago, jkmelb said:

 

Also not in Australia.

Appears to be restricted to U.S. audiences. I will refrain from making snide remarks about why anyone would bother to restrict access to that video to local audiences, but I can't resist to attach what I get when I try to watch the video via a U.S. based VPN server. Sometimes the internet is involuntarily funny.

[jgarber760]

On 3/22/2026 at 3:35 PM, Lappy said:

Folks need to be forgiven for making a typing mistake. The “e” is next door to the “w”. Most of us know what they are talking about even if they misspelled it.

Of course I forgive Jody! Believe me I am also notorious for typos. And I know Jody for decades. The silly smiling face is the international sign for joking. 

As for the restricting videos to certain countries, I wonder if there is a default setting on YouTube videos that can be changed to universal?

Edited March 23 by jgarber760

[SIMON GABRIELOW]

There's sometimes a copyright issue comes up in YouTube. Some music may be available in some countries but not others! Due to performance rights issues! 

[Jody Kruskal]

On 3/21/2026 at 10:44 AM, jgarber760 said:

Thanks for the link. I love Finnish waltzes.

“Concwrtina”— is that how you translate the word into Finnish? 🙂

 

 

Jim, you are correct, that is Finnish.😁

I noticed my typo right away but left it in to give you all something fun to talk about.

[Mark Bickford]

For those of us who can watch the film, the piece played by the concertina, "under the shore birches", is one of the nicest in the whole movie.