raymy Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Thumbing a Dictionary of Slang recently, i clocked the following entry... "To-and-From (noun):a concertina (circa 1910),so called because of the bellows movement." Never heard the term before,but it's not a very imaginative example of slang,is it? Must be more colourful/bawdier/cleverer expressions for the old to-and-from out there.Anyone know any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBits Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 I recently had a conversation with a good friend that's button accordion player about names for the action of a concertina (not the instrument itself). Here in Maine we call it the "Push and Pull". Apparently over in Ireland they call it the "In and Out", which definitely has more entertaining connotations than push and pull. Next time I see him I'll ask about actual names for the instrument. I'm sure he'll have a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 Sounds a bit like Will Dukes old band" Pump and Pluck" Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomylly Posted March 8, 2004 Share Posted March 8, 2004 what pops into my brain may be a little off-color..but i've been hanging around Renaissance Fantasy Faires for so long that I have actually insulted someone by saying, "he (or she) is like unto a bellows in that he (or she) doth both suck and blow." bellows being a universal concept, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caj Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Posted a while back on the squeezebox group: A melodeon player named Shaw Fought a duel with a vicious outlaw; Twas a big violent mess that looked bad in the press, Though he was pretty good on the draw. Caj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 In Australia, a "to and from" is rhyming slang for a pom. Hadn't heard of any concertina connection with this phrase before... Regards Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 In the early e-bay years, there was an ad for a concertina (the seller claimed he knew nothing about the instrument.) When he described the instrument, he said "you get one note on the suck and a different note of the blow." It takes all kinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Hey Someone told me of over hearing a couple of tourists referring to him playing his concertina in a park and saying "Look, Martha, he's playing the push fiddle." Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Look, Martha, he's playing the push fiddle." I wonder if this is a confused reference on the part of the tourists to the Concertina and Stumpf Fiddle appreciation page ? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester Bailey Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "you get one note on the suck and a different note of the blow." It takes all kinds. Suck Notes and Blow Notes is standard terminology in the melodeon world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomylly Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 In Australia, a "to and from" is rhyming slang for a pom. Hadn't heard of any concertina connection with this phrase before... Regards Malcolm clearly my all-American animal rescue brain is taking over, because to me a pom is short for pomeranian. Little puffball dog with a big attitude. what that has to do with to and from, I cannot fathom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 The tail, Rhomyll, the tail. The little poufy tail goes to and fro, to and fro. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 [suck Notes and Blow Notes is standard terminology in the melodeon world When I try to play the melodeon, I'm told it all sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam B Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "you get one note on the suck and a different note of the blow." It takes all kinds. Suck Notes and Blow Notes is standard terminology in the melodeon world Well, you learn something new everyday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Suck Notes and Blow Notes is standard terminology in the melodeon world So, my Jeffries pulls, but my new Saltarelle sucks? Oh, dear. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 So, my Jeffries pulls,... I'd say it's quite attractive. That's the same thing, right? ...but my new Saltarelle sucks? If it doesn't suck too badly, maybe you could say it "sips"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Murray Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I have asked, under another topic, what is a "Very Special Jeffries". Maybe I've found the answer here. It's one that pulls and doesn't suck? E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 To suck and to blow for the air to flow The arms have to pump even stronger unless the tune is played slow with the poms too and fro makes the notes even longer and longer but if you breath with the bellows take care you young fellows it will make you all out of breath and too much in and out going or all that sucking and blowing could lead to a premature death Al (puffing and panting) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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