Jeffries System Duet Concertina
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The Jeffries Duet System is a rarely-seen duet concertina system developed
from the Anglo concertina keyboard rather than from the English concertina keyboard,
since Charles Jeffries specialized in Anglos. But Jeffries also made instruments
in other standard duet systems, including Maccann Duets.
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Jeffries Manuscript “Tutor” for Jeffries System Duet
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by Anonymous (Jeffries Bros.?)
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Undated manuscript (possibly as late as 1959) showing fingering and chords
for a Jeffries System Duet, apparently made by the Jeffries company. The
document is fashioned from a notebook with pages cut so that the keyboard diagrams can
remain static at the top while partial pages of chords and instructions for various
keys can be turned below. Unlike the early Jeffries Maccann manuscript tutor
(c. 1910) written with a split pen and very finished, this document is written with a biro
(ballpoint pen) indicating a much later date, and is very rough.
Manuscript now in the collection of the Horniman Museum, London (Item CM C1080).
The notebook is at present contained in an envelope along with a letter from
Thomas Jeffries dated 1959 which may or may not be related.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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A Jeffries Duet—Interesting Instruments
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by Polly Clapp
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“The initial response of anybody picking up a Jeffries Duet for
the first time, or indeed looking at a keyboard diagram, is bewilderment
that anyone could ever learn to play such a system. There seems to be
no obvious logic, unlike the other duet systems, and the keyboard is often
likened to a typewriter! However, astute anglo players will soon
realise that there are similarities betwen the Jeffries Duet and the
Anglo.” [From the article.]
As published in Concertina Magazine (Australia), 12 (Autumn 1985), pp 2-4.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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All-Systems Duet Workshop Tutor
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by Brian Hayden
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Tutor for a workshop on how to play duet concertinas of all systems. Begins
with notation, fingering, and chords for Maccann Duets, Jeffries Duets, Crane (Triumph)
Duets, and Hayden Duets. Tunes of progressive difficulty, with increasing
number of notes and then in keys with increasing numbers of accidentals, all
written in notation based on the treble clef. Notes
on chord patterns and on strategies for melody and accompaniment applicable to
all systems of duet concertina.
Presented to The West Country Concertina Players, 1994. 20 pages.
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Posted 15 August 2003
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J. J. Vickers Concertinas Pricelist circa 1935
- collected by Chris Algar
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Dealer's pricelist from J. J. Vickers listing models and prices for English, Duet, and Anglo concertinas,
including instruments made by C. Wheatstone & Co., Lachenal & Co., Jeffries, Jones, Shakespeare,
Case, Chidley, Crane, and Crabb. Dated c. 1935 by internal evidence.
- Posted 07 March 2005
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Jeffries System Duet Concertina
(from Nick Robertshaw)
based on the Anglo keyboard
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