Posted 01 January 2005
Guide to Concertinas on the Web
Robert Gaskins
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Concertina Library
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by Robert Gaskins
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The Concertina Library (this site) is an online reference library for all concertinas,
including the English concertina, Anglo concertina, and several kinds of Duet concertina systems,
with particular strength in the Maccann Duet concertina.
It contains instruction books, concertina sheet music, history documents,
patents, technical papers, and new research articles by leading
scholars, video and audio of concertina players plus links to other concertina websites.
Read, download, print—all free.
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Includes all articles and documents contributed by Concertina Library authors:
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Posted 15 February 2001
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Concertina.net
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by Paul Schwartz
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The discussion forum on this site is the most popular
spot on the web for news, announcements, and general conversation about concertinas
of all types. Other contributed articles focus especially on
Anglo concertinas and the Irish music often played on Anglos, but
there are historical essays and photographs
dealing with concertinas of all types. Also a
large database of tunes (sheet music and MIDI sound files), and reports
of people's experiences in buying concertinas.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Concertina FAQ
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by Chris Timson
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Itself a part of the history of concertinas on the internet, this FAQ dates back
to 1995 and is updated once or twice a year. Its “Frequently
Asked Questions” deal with basic questions
that occur to anyone new to concertinas, and it offers generally reliable answers.
There are mini-directories in several categories which are good
starting points to look for further information, including
postal addresses for a number of people and organizations not
easy to find on the web.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Barleycorn Concertinas
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by Chris Algar
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Barleycorn is a widely-trusted source to buy concertinas—Anglo, English, or Duet.
Chris Algar has been in business for over 25 years,
and has delivered many thousands of fully-restored vintage instruments.
He numbers most serious concertinists worldwide among his regular customers,
but also offers reliable buying advice to beginners,
using email and export couriers for global delivery on approval.
The site includes samples from his archives of historical documents.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Horniman Museum
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the Horniman Museum
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The Horniman Museum in London is home to the largest collection of concertinas
(more than 600 instruments) and much related archival research material. A
photographic directory
of concertinas in the collection is available on the site.
The Wheatstone Concertina
Ledgers at the Museum have been digitized and are online
at a separate website.
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Posted 15 April 2003
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Wheatstone Concertina Ledgers on the Web
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by the Horniman Museum
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Historical business records from C. Wheatstone & Co. are held at the
Library of the Horniman Museum in London. The earliest ledgers from the Wayne Archives
contain company sales records from the late 1830s to the 1860s (though with some
large gaps) along with production records from the 1860s to the 1890s and some
early records of wages and other payments. Later ledgers from the Dickinson Archives
contain production records from 1910 to 1974, again with some gaps. All known ledgers
have been digitized (some 2,300 pages in total) and made available free on this website for
private research.
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Posted 15 April 2003; Updated 15 June 2005
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Concertina Connection
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by Wim Wakker
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With the goal of reintroducing the English concertina into classical music,
this site features articles on playing skills (beginner to advanced)
with music scores, sound files, and photographs. The site offers
new Geuns-Wakker concertinas and restored vintage instruments,
extensive restoration services and replacement parts,
and re-published Victorian and contemporary sheet music.
There are a number of MP3 sound files of older Wheatstone and Lachenal concertinas.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments
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by Allan Atlas
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The CSFRI, part of the Doctoral Program in Music
at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, is
a resource for the scholarly study of all free-reed instruments
(sheng, harmonica, accordion, etc.)
and contains much of interest to concertinists. The site has news
of upcoming concerts, and a listing of books, articles,
recordings, and research material available at the Center's archives.
CSFRI published The Free-Reed Journal (four volumes, 1999–2003),
and now co-publishes the
Papers of the International Concertina Association (PICA)
with the ICA (2004– ).
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Posted 15 February 2003
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The Concertina History Resource
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by Wes Williams
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This site (still early in its development) contains historical
information about concertinas and concertina makers. A timeline
helps to organize information about the changes of name and address
among the major makers as bits of data are discovered. One
use for this information is to help in answering the question “when
was my concertina made?” which is very difficult to answer
for most makers.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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C. Wheatstone & Co.
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by Steve Dickinson
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Professor Sir Charles Wheatstone’s original
patent concertina manufactory, still in business and on the web.
After many difficulties following World War II, the business was bought
in 1975 by Steve Dickinson, who succeeded in
restoring its pre-war reputation for making the finest-quality instruments.
The site lists the current prices for Duets, Englishes, and Anglos, but potential purchasers
also need to inquire about the waiting list—recently several years long.
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The Button Box
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by Richard Morse
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The Button Box is a comprehensive dealer, and a leading
source in the USA for new concertinas (especially its own R. Morse
“Albion” English and “Céilí”
Anglo) and vintage instruments, plus books, CDs, videos, and accessories.
Services include rentals, purchases, consignments, and appraisals.
The Button Box workshop is widely trusted to handle
the restoration and repair of fine old concertinas.
Organizers of the annual Northeast Squeeze-In Festival.
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Posted 01 April 2003
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DoN. Nichols’s Home Page
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by DoN Nichols
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Personal webpages about many concertina-related topics,
but mostly about English concertinas, with an extensive commentary on
their internal construction (illustrated with many photographs and
diagrams of parts), and with some
detailed information about tuning and maintenance.
There are keyboard diagrams for English and for some Duet concertina
systems, and a number of informative contributed articles on concertina history
and miscellany.
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International Concertina Association
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by ICA
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The ICA was founded fifty years ago as a club for Duet and English
concertina players meeting in London. Over the years it has taken
in members from throughout the UK including Anglo players, and
more recently has used the internet to become at last as international as its name.
The site includes lists of the ICA’s music library
and document archive, from which copies are available to members only. New members
are very welcome from any part of the world!
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Search All the World Wide Web
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Much of the available information about concertinas is on the websites above,
but there are other good sources of information on the world wide web.
Search the entire web (not just the sites on this page) here.
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