Regondi Method Questions

[njurkowski]

Hello all,

My name is Nick, I'm a music student (trombone is my main instrument, I can play piano like a hack, and I want to pursue a master's degree in theory) in Seattle, USA, and I have recently purchased a Jackie concertina from the Concertina Connection. It's a wonderful little instrument, and I'm making my way through the helpful method book provided.

 

Call me sick, but I'd love a few more etudes to do to really get the keys, notes, and chords in my fingeres and brain. I've seen a few excerpted pages from a Regondi concertina method, and I really liked the excercises. Have his method-books (or those of his students) been reproduced anywhere, and if so, is it feasible to get copies of them? If not, what modern method books would you recommed? I'm sorry if this is a rehash of a previous thread; I didn't look *that* carefully in the history before posting.

 

Thanks in advance,

Nick

[JimLucas]

alf edwards was also a trombonist and tina player you might find his tutor helpful.

If you can find a copy.

 

At the moment, abebooks doesn't seem to have any copies listed. When they've shown up on eBay, they've occasionally gone for reasonable prices, but often for very high (in my opinion) prices.

 

It would be nice if somebody could re-issue it. Same for the Regondi books, which as far as I know have not yet been reprinted by anyone.

 

Richard Carlin says he's working on a rewrite of his own book, but in the meantime abebooks has two copies listed, and the cheaper one seems to be "near" Nick, in Lakewood, WA. (That's the Lakewood in Pierce County, near Tacoma -- ZIP 98499, -- not the nearer one in King County or the one in Snohomish County.) They also list one copy of Alistair Anderson's "Concertina Workshop", but that's also currently available from various sources as an authorized photocopy.

Edited March 25, 2006 by JimLucas

[njurkowski]

Thanks for the tips. I'll check out the Carlin book and look for dead concertinists' estate auctions for old Regondi books....pity there's no reprint.

[allan atlas]

DEAR NICK: the Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments at the CUNY Graduate Center has copies of BOTH Regondi tutors. . . . .you'll also find a number of excerpts from them in CONTEMPLATING THE CONCERTINA: AN HISTORICALLY-ORIENTED TUTOR FOR THE ENGLISH CONCERTINA. . . .published by the Button Box (Sunderland, MA) a few years ago. . . . . . .allan

 

P.S.: i can make copies of the Regondi tutors for you. . . . please be in touch..........

Edited March 27, 2006 by allan atlas

[njurkowski]

Thanks a lot for the information! I would definitely appreciate seeing those tutors, and I definitely like the idea of the historically oriented tutor. I'll try to pick one up.

 

Thanks,

Nick