Photographs of Concertinas

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Resources in the Concertina Library for photographs of concertinas.

gaskins-jeffries-maccann-no-6-pics Photographs of Jeffries Maccann Duet Concertina, serial No. 6
by Robert Gaskins
Photographic documentation of a Jeffries Maccann Duet, serial No. 6, 57 keys, c. 1915. Marked on the right with an oval engraved C. Jeffries Maker, 23 Praed St. Raised metal ends, some construction details in common with Jeffries anglos such as linear reed chambers. Its matching manuscript chords tutor is also reproduced on this website. 54 photographs.
Posted 15 February 2003
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gaskins-double-no-23-pics Photographs and Description of Wheatstone Double duet concertina, serial No. 23
by Robert Gaskins
Photographic documentation of very early Double duet (1847-1848). This No. 23 has only 45 keys, smaller than the 57-key size which is shown in the tutor or the 67-key size exemplified by Danny Chapman's No. 14. It contains an original additional baffle to reduce the volume of the bass side. 34 photographs.
Posted 15 February 2003
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gaskins-duett-no-64-pics Photographs of Wheatstone Duett duet concertina, serial No. 64
by Robert Gaskins
Photographic documentation of an excellently-preserved example of the Early Wheatstone Duett instruments from the 1850s, forerunners of the later Maccann Duet. 46 photographs.
Posted 15 February 2003
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Photographic documentation of other interesting instruments would be welcomed.


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hiawatha's photographing
Illustration by Arthur B. Frost
from “Hiawatha’s Photographing”
in Rhyme? and Reason?
by Lewis Carroll (1887)

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