Concertina History Resources
Wes Williams
Contributions to the Concertina Library by Wes Williams.
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Serial Number Muddle in Early Wheatstone Ledgers
- by Wes Williams
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A major contribution to the muddling of serial numbers in the early ledgers is that
multiple ranges of serial numbers are in use at any one date, and this is further
complicated by instrument exchanges and hires. The multiple ranges begin as a feature of sales
before 1850, but after that the multiple range-lines dominate the structure of sales,
with many simultaneous ranges extended over longer periods. Scatter-plots of
serial numbers and dates transcribed from the Wheatstone Ledgers reveal the pattern.
This is a preliminary version dealing only with the
first four ledgers (to early 1854); the completed article will appear soon.
- Posted 15 December 2005
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Serial Number and Date Indexes to the Wheatstone Ledgers
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Indexes listed on this page contain serial numbers and dates from
the Wheatstone Ledgers at the Horniman Museum, London.
Each item listed is a single index (either serial numbers or dates) to a single ledger.
Indexes lead to the ledger identification and page number as
a live link: click on it to see the colour photograph of the page from which the
information was taken. There is also an
automated lookup which finds all records for any single serial number
throughout all the indexed ledgers.
(Only indexes to nineteenth-century ledgers are yet completed. Additional indexes
to the twentieth-century ledgers will be listed here as they are published.)
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Posted 15 December 2005; updated 01 February 2006
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A Chat with Brian Hayden
- by Wes Williams
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Brian Hayden was interviewed in 2001 about his background, his invention of
the Hayden System, his views on other duet systems, and his suggestions
for learning and playing the duet concertina. Contains keyboard diagrams
for nine duet systems: the Early Wheatstone Duett, Early Wheatstone Double, Maccann,
Jeffries, Crane (Triumph), Linton, Rust ("Piano"), Late Wheatstone Chidley, and Hayden.
(There is also
a PDF version of the article.)
Also published at concertina.net.
- Posted 15 February 2003
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Fingering Charts for Concertinas
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by Wes Williams
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Keyboard diagrams for the most important concertina
fingering systems: English, Anglo, and Maccann Duet, plus Early Wheatstone Double Duet,
Early Wheatstone "Duett" Duet, Crane (or Triumph) Duet, Jeffries System Duet,
Late Wheatstone Chidley Duet, and Hayden (or Wicki) Duet.
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Posted 07 March 2005
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A Timeline of Snippets of Concertina History
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by Wes Williams
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Facts about concertina history and brief self-explanatory clippings arranged in
a timeline. This arrangement frequently gives insight into dating instruments
or archival materials through their internal evidence.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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Minor Historic Concertina Makers and Dealers
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by Wes Williams
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A valuable compendium of hard-to-find facts about minor concertina makers and dealers. Includes
available material for:
Jabez Austin,
Ball Beavon,
Barnet Samuel,
Boosey & Co.,
R. Carr,
George Case,
Rock Chidley,
Edward Chidley,
J. B. Cramer & Co.,
Dove,
Dowsett,
Ebblewhite,
Henry Harley,
Keith Prowse & Co.,
Myers,
Nickolds,
Parker & Son,
Roylance,
Joseph Scates,
A. B. Sedgwick,
Shakespeare,
John Simpson,
Vickers,
and
Wallis.
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Posted 15 August 2005
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Charles Jeffries: the Man and His Family
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by Chris Algar, Stephen Chambers, Robert Gaskins, David Lee, Randall C. Merris, and Wes Williams
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New information about Charles Jeffries and all of his family that participated
in the concertina making business. Contains the first known pictures of Charles
and Mary Ann Jeffries, and reproductions of birth, marriage, and death certificates
where known. Summary table of Jeffries descendants. Brief descriptions of the
addresses where Charles Jeffries lived and worked, with maps of the Praed Street area,
White Lion Passage, and the Kilburn area. Based on information from members of
the Jeffries family.
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Posted 15 November 2005
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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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Reprinted from the Concertina Library
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© Copyright 2000– by Wes Williams
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Receipt, 1913, for Jeffries
31-key Anglo Concertina,
in the amount of £6.6.–
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