KellanH Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hi, I'm a musical dunce, but my son really wants a concertina for Christmas. He has a couple of years' piano and a good ear for music. He wants to play Flogging Molly covers with a band of friends. I've heard a few tracks and I know they use accordion and concertina. Just wondering if anyone's familiar with their music who could suggest an appropriate instrument. Thanks! Kellan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jody Kruskal Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 Hi, I'm a musical dunce, but my son really wants a concertina for Christmas. He has a couple of years' piano and a good ear for music. He wants to play Flogging Molly covers with a band of friends. I've heard a few tracks and I know they use accordion and concertina. Just wondering if anyone's familiar with their music who could suggest an appropriate instrument. Thanks! Kellan I listened to a few youtubes of Flogging Molly. They sound like a thrashing Irish rock band that has a few elements of trad and folk with drum kit up high in the mix. My thinking is that his best bet would be an accordion since he already knows about the piano and Flogging Molly uses one; I saw no concertina being played in the few videos I saw. If his heart is set on a concertina (I can understand that) then get him an Anglo. They lend themselves to being very punchy and rhythmic and Irish players tend to prefer them. In a band setting though, his mates will have to agree to play and sing in the limited keys the Anglo works in... could work out, but accordion would allow for more options. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellanH Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 My thinking is that his best bet would be an accordion since he already knows about the piano and Flogging Molly uses one; I saw no concertina being played in the few videos I saw. Thanks, Jody. That seem like the logical step to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Tedrow Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Hi, I'm a musical dunce, but my son really wants a concertina for Christmas. He has a couple of years' piano and a good ear for music. He wants to play Flogging Molly covers with a band of friends. I've heard a few tracks and I know they use accordion and concertina. Just wondering if anyone's familiar with their music who could suggest an appropriate instrument. Thanks! Kellan Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly plays a Tedrow c/g Anglo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wntrmute Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly plays a Tedrow c/g Anglo That'd be a sweet Christmas present. Even better than an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time -- it's hard to put an eye out with a concertina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 ... it's hard to put an eye out with a concertina. Oh I don't know. It depends on how determined you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellanH Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly plays a Tedrow c/g Anglo That'd be a sweet Christmas present. Even better than an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time -- it's hard to put an eye out with a concertina. A little too sweet for my bank account, but having done just a bit of research on Bob I'm already a huge fan. Now I want to learn to play and start saving for a present for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farmery Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Looks like you are hooked! I started on a Rochelle last Christmas and I'm still having fun learning. I now get crabby if I can't find time to practice. Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_mchale Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Granted, the price of entry is a bit steep, but even hybrid concertinas tend to hold much of their value over time. Also, as one who started out with a Tedrow tweaked Stagi, I would recommend just going ahead and making the leap now to a better instrument. Its cheaper in the long run. (well if there is a trade in program, it might not be, but then again, as you learn more about concertinas, you might decide you want something different in a concertina than Bob's excellent instruments. -- Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlehead Fern Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Wow, I wouldn't mind getting a concertina for Christmas! Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 having done just a bit of research on Bob I'm already a huge fan. Now I want to learn to play and start saving for a present for myself! If only we could get the wonderful Bob to make proper (English) concertinas instead of those silly pully/pushy things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 If only we could get the wonderful Bob to make proper (English) concertinas instead of those silly pully/pushy things. It's like asking Michelangelo to whitewash your fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Dunk Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Funny you should say that because Mick finished the fence in November. I was going to get him to do a bit of interior decorating but he came up with this outlandish idea of painting a mural on the living room ceiling so I told him to hop it. What a weirdo he was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3838 Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 having done just a bit of research on Bob I'm already a huge fan. Now I want to learn to play and start saving for a present for myself! If only we could get the wonderful Bob to make proper (English) concertinas instead of those silly pully/pushy things. I second it. It's time for Bob Tedrow to mature and start making those Englishes in two reeded version, octave tuned. Square. SILLY SOPHISTICATED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdormire Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 having done just a bit of research on Bob I'm already a huge fan. Now I want to learn to play and start saving for a present for myself! If only we could get the wonderful Bob to make proper (English) concertinas instead of those silly pully/pushy things. Actually, I know of a woman who has an english that Bob made. I was kind of surprised when she showed it to me a year ago. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtimer Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 (edited) If only we could get the wonderful Bob to make proper (English) concertinas instead of those silly pully/pushy things. Doesn't Bob still make Hayden Duets on special order? And with 52 keys instead of 46? I keep meaning to ask him re lead time and price. (Duets, like ECs, don't reverse the bellows so often). --Mike K. Edited December 20, 2007 by ragtimer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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