alex_holden Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 6 hours ago, JimR said: I visited Flying Duck Concertinas only to find that Paul, the maker, has died. https://www.flyingduckconcertinas.co.uk/ Oh no, how sad. He was a lovely chap. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 19 hours ago, JimR said: I visited Flying Duck Concertinas only to find that Paul, the maker, has died. That's very sad news. Looking at the dates, I think mine must have been one of the last few instruments Paul completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 On 10/15/2023 at 3:24 PM, JimR said: I visited Flying Duck Concertinas only to find that Paul, the maker, has died. https://www.flyingduckconcertinas.co.uk/ Very sad news - thank you for letting us know. I have updated the list to reflect this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted October 18 Author Share Posted October 18 On 9/11/2023 at 10:57 PM, Eugenides said: On a slightly related note, I'm slowly working my way through the intermediate list. Wolverton is discontinuing their standard model. Geuns says that they no longer make concertinas. I'll continue to update as I hear from other makers, if that won't be too annoying. Thanks for helping out. Are you sure about Geuns? Their website doesn't show this: https://bandoneon-maker.com/concertinas/ . Re the Wolverton standard model, their website says "only G/D models are available while my remaining reed stocks last." So I've left them on the intermediate list for now but can remove if need be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted October 19 Share Posted October 19 (edited) On 10/18/2023 at 1:28 AM, Daniel Hersh said: Thanks for helping out. Are you sure about Geuns? Their website doesn't show this: https://bandoneon-maker.com/concertinas/ . Re the Wolverton standard model, their website says "only G/D models are available while my remaining reed stocks last." So I've left them on the intermediate list for now but can remove if need be. Ah yes - I decided that was best as I'm only one person and the designs of the concertina reeded instruments I make have become somewhat more diverse and as they are quite popular it makes sense for me to focus on that. Still some G/D accordion reed sets left though! Edited October 19 by Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted October 20 Author Share Posted October 20 16 hours ago, Jake Middleton-Metcalfe said: Ah yes - I decided that was best as I'm only one person and the designs of the concertina reeded instruments I make have become somewhat more diverse and as they are quite popular it makes sense for me to focus on that. Still some G/D accordion reed sets left though! Thanks! It's always nice to hear from a maker. I'll leave you on the intermediate list until I hear that these G/D's won't be available anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted October 20 Share Posted October 20 Thanks Daniel I will let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eugenides Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 I'm very sad to hear about Paul, that's really terrible news! Regarding Geuns, please refer to this screenshot of an email exchange I had with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 On 10/30/2023 at 1:06 PM, Eugenides said: I'm very sad to hear about Paul, that's really terrible news! Regarding Geuns, please refer to this screenshot of an email exchange I had with them. Thanks! I will check with Harry to see if this is a temporary pause or if he's permanently done with concertinas. If he might start producing them again, I will leave him on the list (along with several other makers who aren't currently accepting orders). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 2 hours ago, Daniel Hersh said: Thanks! I will check with Harry to see if this is a temporary pause or if he's permanently done with concertinas. If he might start producing them again, I will leave him on the list (along with several other makers who aren't currently accepting orders). I heard back from Harry Geuns, who writes, "We have put the production of our concertina's on hold for some time already, and at the moment we cannot tell when or if we start production again. Maybe in the future." I will leave Geuns on the list for now, along with the other "not now" makers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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