Details of spares and repairs are also provided as well as links to other web sites that may be of interest. One of the budget models produced after production resumed postwar in 1949. The label on the right hand end reads c wheatstone and co, inventors, patentees and manufacturers, 15 west st charing x rd, london. These lists contain information about wheatstone model numbers and descriptions which are useful to interpret the wheatstone concertina ledgers. Click on the four documents below to learn more about wheatstone concertina ledgers.
This is the instrument of choice for irish players. Addis 3 tier trio indoor concertina clothes a concertina which i advertised a while ago with a fixed price but didnt sell, now is up for auction with no reserve price. Played on a 30key cg anglo concertina, from gary coovers book anglo concertina in a harmonic style. If your concertina has fullwidth handstraps and each button plays a different note on push and pull strokes, its an anglo. Somewhere over the rainbow anglo concertina youtube. Wheatstone english concertina number 32247 manufactured 18 september 1929 five fold bellows, rosewood ends, 48 metal keys, steel reeds airtight, easy, fast action, new pads, valves and bushes, new thumb straps completely refurbished july 2019 by nigel sture. Introduction wheatstone concertina ledgers, horniman. Wheatstone concertina ledgers, horniman museum, home page. Does anyone know anything about this wheatstone concertina on ebay. If you have a wheatstone concertina and you can identify the serial number it is normally on one end then this list will tell you the year of manufacture. Bitcomet clipfinder hd download accelerator plus download boost download express download master internet download accelerator. The instrument is bisonoric, meaning it plays a different note for each button depending.
Concertina is an easy to play, authentic sounding virtual anglo concertina in the most popular keys of cg. Concertina cg anglo concertina for ios free download. Ip12ip16 howto videos jay tyler steps you through everything from opening the box to getting up and running on a full wheatnetip network. The pumping bellows whilst pressing keys allows the air to flow over specific reeds. Wheatstone nab 2019 jay tyler lxe, voxpro, and phoneblade duration. Go to bidorbuy and discover online shopping at its best. Wheatstones instructions for the english concertina.
Valid serial numbers run from 1 to 999999 although just over 60,000 wheatstone concertinas have ever been made, the ledgers include mistakes and miswritten numbers up to six digits. I have a wheatstone english concertina that was manufactured in 1931 according to the ledger. Makes of antique concertina which can come up for sale include those by louis lachenal. The quality of the available germanmade instruments was not great, and many a dance was halted while running repairs were done on the concer. As it says, it is for the jeffries 38 button gd anglo concertina. Classical music on english concertina 2 by concertinaacademy. It has metal end plates which are scratched, and i want to refurbish them. An honest dealer wouldnt hesitate to answer those questions, and most would have put serial number or date, and information about the reeds and action in the listing. An instrument with a even balanced action is easier to play. The following pages detail models and finishes of concertinas and aeolas that we would handmake to your individual order, together with conditions of sale.
This charts was prepared by me, and show the layout for wheatstone 30 button gd anglo concertinas. The cheapest ones have just two rows of buttons and brass reeds. The wheatstone concertina from 1850 onwards free reed. The oldest to my knowledge is an image of young david edward hughes playing a wheatstone english concertina figure 4, drawn in or about 1841.
They usually have 48 buttons in total, but some types have 56 or even 64. However, the wheatstone firm and their many imitators and competitors soon began to produce variants and improvements to the basic english design, to say nothing of dozens of new systems and compasses of anglo and duet concertinas, examples of most of which are now in the concertina museum collection. In australia the anglo concertina was a popular instrument during the later part of the 19th century due to its ease of playing, cheapness and portability. Barleycorn concertinas has, over the course of the year, virtually any type of instruments you could require. Does anyone know anything about this wheatstone concertina. The action of a concertina is one of the most important parts of the instrument. Wheatstone listed as william wheatstone, concertina maker 1848. This is a rob harbron tune, played on a 1918 wheatstone model 5a english concertina. The history of the concertina is closely bound up with the history of the wheatstone family, and in particular with the life of charles wheatstone, its inventor. Sometimes, if the label has been lost from the baffle in the older instruments, it can also be found stamped inside the bellows frame, in the treblemost slots of the reed pan, and on the. To use the lookup above, begin by entering the serial number you want to look up.
Wheatstone 36 key anglo concertina im selling my wheatstone 36 key, 10 fold bellows, anglo no 58250 due to the fact that i dont play it enough to justify keeping it when i have other financial commitments. The english version was invented in 1829 by sir charles wheatstone, while carl friedrich uhlig introduced the german version five years later, in 1834. Various forms of concertina are used for classical music, for the traditional musics of ireland, england, and south africa, and for tango and polka music. This chart was prepared by jody kruskal, and is used by permission. Browse todays selected wheatstone concertina for sale, best offer and auction. The horniman museum was established as a public museum in 1901, when it was given to the london county council as representing the people of london. Though in the wider world of the history of science wheatstones work on telegraphy, vision and power generation is of greater significance, his work on the acoustics of free reeds and their musical application in the concertina. The newest addition to the concertina connection line of anglo concertinas.
Basically there are two types of actions used in vintage concertinas. We show in this section just a small amount of the concertinas which we have in stock. Played on a wheatstone aeola bassbaritone concertina. It was not drawn in england, however, but rather was sketched in america, to which the hughes family had emigrated from england in 1840. Lachenal amboyna stretched edephone baritone with 24 carat gold keys and fittings.
Crimped flat aluminium ends, plastic keys, aluminium accordionstyle reed frames, plastic veneered endframes. Download youtube videos hd free youtube video downloader. Played here by yours truly on a restored 1909 wheatstone aeola english treble concertina. Treble range aeola, 48 keys from g below middle c to c.
Finish choices include a rich natural rosewood stain or satin black. If a concertina has thumbloops and each button plays the same note on both push and pull, its an english. Welcome to the concertina museum collection digital archive. Treble range concertina, 48 keys from g below middle c to c. Most of these pricelists were found in old concertina cases. Tenor treble range aeola, 56 keys, extended below middle c to tenor c. Concertina wooden wine rack holds 10 bottles of wine length 51 cm, height 31. Fully restored today to excellent playing condition and tuned to modern pitch. Classic jazz standard, written by erroll garner in 1954.
Below are a couple of rare concertinas restored by us. Excerpt from rear of title page this tutor is the result of many years of varied experience, the exercises are progressive and interesting and are. In restored condition, the value of the most common type, the 6sided 48key treble, will start at about. The concertina was developed independently in both england and germany. Click in the upper right hand corner of each video thumbnail for a complete description of its content. Concertina for sale in uk 84 secondhand concertinas. From internal evidence it is possible to date the lists c.
A search of the wheatstone ledgers at the horniman museum reveal that this concertina s birthday was september 10, 1915. This site offers online access to every instrument, image and archive item in the collection, and enables collectors and researchers to examine in detail the construction, design, labelling of many hundreds of englishmade and continental concertinas, of related free reeded instruments, of the. The concertinamaking business continued in the hands of the chidley brothers, possibly nephews of wheatstone, and by 187880 the london street guide now includes a separate classification for concertina makers, with the firms entry now reading wheatstone and co. This produces the sound within the body of the instrument, which is. Wheatstone aeola maccann duet, amboyna with gilded keys. Looks a bit different than the metal ended examples here but has a. A lachenal english concertina will typically have 22, 24, 32, 40 or 48 buttons.
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