SSulsona Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Does anyone know anything about the La Bauve Concertina. Have hit a dead end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Give us a bit of a clue. Is this something you've got? Something you've read about? What do you want to know about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 10, 2009 Author Share Posted May 10, 2009 Give us a bit of a clue. Is this something you've got? Something you've read about? What do you want to know about it? I have one. I don't know anything about it. I would like to know if there is a site to research it, I believe it was made in France. I am curious as to the age and origin. I tried to upload a picture but it didn't go into the attachments. It shows loading but then nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 If you can't put it here, can you upload the picture to another site (such as flickr, photobucket, etc,) and give us the URL? The name doesn't ring a bell, and a French-made concertina would be quite unusual. Could it perhaps be a button accordion or melodeon or flutina rather than a concertina? A picture would be very helpful. Give us a bit of a clue. Is this something you've got? Something you've read about? What do you want to know about it?I have one. I don't know anything about it. I would like to know if there is a site to research it, I believe it was made in France. I am curious as to the age and origin. I tried to upload a picture but it didn't go into the attachments. It shows loading but then nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 If you can't put it here, can you upload the picture to another site (such as flickr, photobucket, etc,) and give us the URL? The name doesn't ring a bell, and a French-made concertina would be quite unusual. Could it perhaps be a button accordion or melodeon or flutina rather than a concertina? A picture would be very helpful. Give us a bit of a clue. Is this something you've got? Something you've read about? What do you want to know about it?I have one. I don't know anything about it. I would like to know if there is a site to research it, I believe it was made in France. I am curious as to the age and origin. I tried to upload a picture but it didn't go into the attachments. It shows loading but then nothing. I am 73 and don't know how to do all that stuff for the picture. The instrument belonged to my husband and he always called it a concertina. He may not have been sure as it was given to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 <a href="http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/?action=view¤t=concertina51.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/concertina51.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> I hope this will bring up a picture of the instrument I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 (edited) I am 73 and don't know how to do all that stuff for the picture. The instrument belonged to my husband and he always called it a concertina. He may not have been sure as it was given to him. Hi SSulsona Mind if I ask what part of the world you live in? Nothing personal needed, but it might narrow down the placement. In the mean time, the name may also be acadian/cajun from the New Orleans area. Would it look similar to the one in this link: http://wiki.melodeon.net/wiki/Aaro_Luukinen_Cajun ? Thanks Leo OOPS! Looks like we were all posting at the same time. Sorry about that. I guessed poorly. Edited May 11, 2009 by Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 <a href="http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/?action=view¤t=concertina51.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/concertina51.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> I hope this will bring up a picture of the instrument I have. I've tried to make the link a bit easier to use: http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/s...oncertina51.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 I am 73 and don't know how to do all that stuff for the picture. The instrument belonged to my husband and he always called it a concertina. He may not have been sure as it was given to him. Hi SSulsona Mind if I ask what part of the world you live in? Nothing personal needed, but it might narrow down the placement. In the mean time, the name may also be acadian/cajun from the New Orleans area. Would it look similar to the one in this link: http://wiki.melodeon.net/wiki/Aaro_Luukinen_Cajun ? Thanks Leo OOPS! Looks like we were all posting at the same time. Sorry about that. I guessed poorly. Live in Texas. Doesn't look like the one you have . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 <a href="http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/?action=view¤t=concertina51.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/concertina51.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> I hope this will bring up a picture of the instrument I have. I've tried to make the link a bit easier to use: http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/s...oncertina51.jpg thank you for fixing the link for me. I have other views if it would be helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 thank you for fixing the link for me. I have other views if it would be helpful Hi SSulsona Here; I've taken the liberty of looking at that: http://s659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/ssulsona/ Thanks Leo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/s...ona/concertina1 http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/s...concertina3.jpg You can teach an old dog new tricks!! Here are two more links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu311/s...concertina1.jpg The last reply this link didn't work maybe this one will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi SSulsona, In many ways it reminds me of concertinas that were made in Italy during the 1950s, sometimes with importers' brand names on them, but it has an unusual button layout. For one thing, the air button of a concertina is normally on the right-hand side of the instrument, but this one appears to have it on the left - which is more like an accordion. Also the rows of buttons are unusually straight (they're usually slightly arched on a concertina), and there are normally only five of them in each row. Tell me, does it play a different note if you open and close the bellows (whilst holding a button down), or is it the same each way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 In many ways it reminds me of concertinas that were made in Italy during the 1950s, sometimes with importers' brand names on them... I was thinking of ones like this Corelli (the brand name of a New York importer), though I now see that the button rows were unusually straight on these too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi SSulsona, In many ways it reminds me of concertinas that were made in Italy during the 1950s, sometimes with importers' brand names on them, but it has an unusual button layout. For one thing, the air button of a concertina is normally on the right-hand side of the instrument, but this one appears to have it on the left - which is more like an accordion. Also the rows of buttons are unusually straight (they're usually slightly arched on a concertina), and there are normally only five of them in each row. Tell me, does it play a different note if you open and close the bellows (whilst holding a button down), or is it the same each way? The note is the same both ways. There are a total of 24 note keys. 12 on each side then the button for just air flow release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 ... does it play a different note if you open and close the bellows (whilst holding a button down), or is it the same each way? The note is the same both ways. That is strange, though I suspected it might be... Can you play a scale on it? (And if so, does it play along one row, or alternately, from row to row - or something else?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSulsona Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 ... does it play a different note if you open and close the bellows (whilst holding a button down), or is it the same each way? The note is the same both ways. That is strange, though I suspected it might be... Can you play a scale on it? (And if so, does it play along one row, or alternately, from row to row - or something else?) My husband has a drawing I will try and explain it in words the best I can. starting with the left hand top row push notes C, G, C, E, G, A# pull notes on same keys G,B,D,F,A,C# left hand bottom row push notes B,D,G,B,D,F# pull notes on same keys A,F#,A,C,E,G# right hand top row push notes C#,C,E,G,C,E, pull notes on same keys D#,B,D,F,A,B right hand bottom row push notes F#,G,B,D,G,A# pull notes on same keys C#,F#,A,C,E,G# I played what sounds like to me a one octive scale using right hand on two rows. Third and fourth buttons top and bottom one push and one pull each. Not being a musician myself this is the best explaination I can give you. I hope it isn't too confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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