Is this concertina ?

[Konzertina-123]

Here is the link :

http://www.russian-records.com/details.php?image_id=3270

 

This is described as a solo of "Garmonia" but this not a solo, but a duet recording from Russia.

To me it sounds as a duet of Bayan and english concertina, but I am not sure.

What do you think ?

[Dirge]

Not convinced myself. Sounds more whistley than free-reedy to me. Some sort of pipe organ?

[Anglo-Irishman]

Not convinced myself. Sounds more whistley than free-reedy to me. Some sort of pipe organ?

 

Same here!

The melody does sound sort of whistley, though the bass sounds free-reedy. I would take the "garmonia" (a diatonic accordion, I believe) at face value, and not suppose it to be a bayan (chromatic button accordion). This is the kind of piece that a bayan player could manage on his own, without a second instrument for melody.

 

Cheers,

John

[Konzertina-123]

When I listen to it carefully, I hear :

-a bass voice

-a "vibrato-ish" treble voice (like a double-reeded accordion)

-a "whistley" treble voice , more like an English Concertina.

I wouldn't be surprised if this were concertina, since this instrument was common in Russia at the beginning of the century. By the way, 3 great early American concertinists were Russian by origin : Grigoriy Matusewitch, Raphael Sonnenberg and Piroshnikoff.

[Marien]

When I listen to it carefully, I hear :

-a bass voice

-a "vibrato-ish" treble voice (like a double-reeded accordion)

-a "whistley" treble voice , more like an English Concertina.

I wouldn't be surprised if this were concertina, since this instrument was common in Russia at the beginning of the century. By the way, 3 great early American concertinists were Russian by origin : Grigoriy Matusewitch, Raphael Sonnenberg and Piroshnikoff.

 

My impression is that the playing instuments here are an organ (harmonium) for the whistle sound and a clarinet. Listening to some of the ornamentations of the whistle sond I think to hear that it is typically for a piano keyboard layout.