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27 December 2001
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A Beginner's Set of Duet Concertina Arrangements
- by David Cornell
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Six arrangements all in the key of C and progressing from easy to more
difficult, with detailed comments on fingering and technique and a
diagram of left hand bass pattersns. Includes: On Top of Old Smokey (two versions), Oh Susanna,
The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Sweet Sixteen, and Scotland the Brave.
18 pages.
- Posted 27 December 2001
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Staines Morris
- by David Cornell
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Arrangement for Maccann Duet concertina.
27 January 2002: Updated with new alternatives for instruments
that only go down to G in the right hand.
- Posted 27 December 2001; last updated 27 January 2002
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15 December 2001
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ICA Library
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by Dave Bissett, Librarian
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Library of the International Concertina Association,
listing of music holdings which include about 150
arrangements for the Maccann Duet concertina and
many arrangements for English concertinas. (Music
is not yet available on the net, and can only be copied
for members.)
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Posted 15 December 2001
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15 November 2001
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A Wheatstone Twelve-Sided 'Edeophone' Concertina with Pre-Maccann Chromatic Duet Fingering
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by Neil Wayne, Margaret Birley, and Robert Gaskins
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A duet concertina (serial no. 35074) with a unique fingering arrangement, made by Wheatstone
in 1938, turns out to be a realization of a design from Wm. Wheatstone's patent of 1861.
The instrument is twelve-sided, a Registered Design feature of Lachenal & Co., and it
turns out to be one of at least sixteen twelve-sided instruments made by Wheatstone between
1934 and 1941. The instrument is now in the collection of the Horniman Museum, London.
As published in The Free-Reed Journal 3 (2001): 3-17.
This HTML version of the article adds a number of additional photographs and
active links to many of the sources cited in the published article.
Updated 15 August 2003: Footnote 11 updated to record that Randall C. Merris has
located instrument serial #33301, another of the set of three twelve-sided 40-key Anglos.
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Posted 15 November 2001; last updated 15 August 2003
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Fingering Systems for Duet Concertina
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by Brian Hayden
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Overview of all the fingering systems for duet concertina which
turned up in Hayden's review of prior art while preparing his own patent application.
As published in Concertina Magazine (Australia)
16 (1986): 19-23; 17 (1987): 7-9; 18 (1987): 11-15; 19 (1987): 6-10.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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The 'Duet' System, discussed by K. V. Chidley
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by Kenneth V. Chidley
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Review of the history of the duet concertina leading up to
Chidley's own post-war "Chidley System".
As published in World Accordion Review
6:3 (December 1950): 31-32. Also a differing version
as reprinted with notes by Neil Wayne
as K. V. Chidley, "The Duet Concertina--Its History and the Evolution
of its Keyboard," Free Reed: The Concertina Newsletter 17
(Jan/Feb 1974): 15-17.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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The House of Wheatstone 1750-1950
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by Henry Minting
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Brief overview of Wheatstone & Co. business history by its last manager,
perhaps a draft with a view to use in a catalogue or similar publication.
Unpublished manuscript (2 pp.), Horniman Museum Library,
Wayne Archives, item no. C1065.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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The Tommy Williams Story
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by Neil Wayne
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Interview with Tommy Williams, Maccann Duet concertinist and former
Lachenal employee.
Published in three parts in Free Reed: The Concertina Newsletter,
3 (January 1972): 5–6;
5 (May 1972): 6–7;
and 7 (August 1972): 10–12.
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Posted 15 November 2001; last updated 15 January 2004
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A Practical and Comprehensive Tutor for the Duet Concertina
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by Ernest Rutterford
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The tutor for the Maccann Duet concertina which was published and sold
by Wheatstone over a very long period. It does not contain the name "Maccann,"
but refers only to the Wheatstone Duet.
(Wheatstone's Instructions for the Duet Concertina.) 4th ed.
London: undated (1930's?). From an original owned by Chris Algar. 56 pages.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Improvements in Concertinas (1884)
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by John Hill Maccann
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British Patent No. 4752 of 1884, Provisional Specification (12 March 1884)
and Complete Specification (18 November 1884) with two figures. 4 pages.
The one and only patent dealing with the Maccann Duet concertina.
Maccann's invention creates a fully chromatic Duet (capable of playing
in all key signatures) based on the older diatonic Wheatstone “duett” system.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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The Concertinist's Guide
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by John Hill Maccann
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The Most Simple Modern Methods; How to Play
Correctly, With or Without a Tutor
8vo. London: Howard & Co., 1888.
Images from a microfilm of a copy at the Bodleian Library, replacing
a British Library copy destroyed in World War II. (Former British Library
shelfmark D-7808.c.14.(14.), replaced by British Library microfilm
Mic.A. 10532(4), Bodleian Shelfmark 17426 e 3(2).) Also a full
transcription which is searchable in the Adobe PDF reader. 50 pages.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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Improvements in Concertinas, &c. (1861)
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by William Wheatstone
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British Patent No. 2289 of 1861, Provisional Specification (14 September 1861) and
Specification (14 March 1862) with thirty-three figures. 38 pages.
"Improvements in Concertinas, &c.".
Improvements on the preceding concertina patents,
including a duet arrangement which reappears eighty years later
in one of the "Wheatstone Edeophones".
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Posted 15 November 2001
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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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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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23 June 2001
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Wheatstone Anglos with Serial Numbers 50,000+
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by Robert Gaskins
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Between 1938 and 1974 Wheatstone & Co.
manufactured concertinas in two parallel series of serial numbers;
Englishes and Duets were given numbers #3XXXX, and Anglos were given
numbers #5XXXX. During these 37 years Wheatstone manufactured about
2,129 Englishes and Duets, with serial numbers from about #34955
through #37083, and some 9,498 Anglos, with serial numbers from #50001
through #59498. Yet, for unknown reasons, this vast population of
late Wheatstone Anglos with #50000+ numbers are not seen nearly as
often as one would expect.
The original version of this article appeared on the net at
concertina.net,
and at
Concertina FAQ.
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Posted 23 June 2001
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15 February 2001
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How to Play Chords on Any Maccann Duet Concertina
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by Robert Gaskins
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Explains how to play chords to accompany songs on Maccann Duet
concertinas of any size and from any period. Intended for beginners,
assumes no knowledge of musical notation or theory.
Includes a chord chart suitable for the lid of a concertina case. 51 pages.
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Posted 15 February 2001
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