premo Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 There is a concertina advertised on UK eBay from a UK vendor described as a 'Civil War period concertina'. It is, indeed, an 1860s instrument and of the American Civil War period. I did briefly wonder whether it was a previously unknown early instrument used by Cromwell's New Model Concertina Army or perhaps someone with a Cavalier playing style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yeah, I've also been surprised on more than one occasion by various English sellers listing instruments as "Civil War vintage", without explaining whose Civil War. Maybe they were recent "squashboxes" from some African country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 But was it not Cromwell who said I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, play an anglo for Irish music It wasn't? Oh. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 But was it not Cromwell who saidI beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, play an anglo for Irish music It wasn't? Oh. Chris Surely the Roundheads would have preferred edeophones, seeing as they're closest to being circular... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 (Chris Timson @ Feb 17 2004, 07:45 AM) But was it not Cromwell who said I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, play an anglo for Irish music It wasn't? Oh. Chris Surely the Roundheads would have preferred edeophones, seeing as they're closest to being circular... I thought the whole thing (the English Civil War) was about the Cavaliers playing Englishes, and the Roundheads anglos ? Sure, wasn't it Cromwell who introduced the anglo into Ireland ! (Or maybe not ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Then again, I see that there is now a German-style concertina on eBay (item # 37086669), described as "an older copy of the ones used in the 16th and 17th centuries by shipboard sailors and pub musicians. It has some water damage in the bellows area" (well it would, wouldn't it ?) Maybe that really was a "concertina end" after all, that they found on wreck of the Mary Rose ? (Sank 1545) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Then again, I see that there is now a German-style concertina on eBay (item # 37086669),... That number didn't work for me, but here's the link that did. I wonder if by "older", the seller meant "later". Looks pretty 20th-century to me. Shall we have a contest for the best idea as to how it suffered water damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 (edited) That number didn't work for me, but here's the link that did Sorry ! There were a couple of digits not showing, in the window, when I typed that, it should be item # 3708666911. Shall we have a contest for the best idea as to how it suffered water damage? What's the prize ? Edited March 4, 2004 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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