Bob Bolton - PM
Date: 15 Jun 10 - 06:25 PM
"I'm afraid the 20th century perception of the Sally Army's concertina bands completely smothers there vast and widespread use of the simple, joyous German and (later) Anglo-German concertinas that its working class reruits could afford and, quickly, play".

Exactly ! and another factor that may have influenced the common misunderstandings regarding the assumed domination of englishes and duets is that the SA officers who have promoted the concertina for instance in the SA publications "The Salvationist" and "The Musician" have been english or duet players themselves.I can speak as fairly initiated(being brought up in the "army") regarding the situation in Sweden and there has been a definite domination of Anglos here as far as can be seen (but among soldiers!) while the english in the heydays of the 1930s was used more or less by almost every cadet for some period and later becoming a second instrument for many of them.The ("Triumph") Duet preenteds 1912 as particularly suited for SA work never became the succeess as intended. ( some SA brass instruments of their own makes were labeled "Triumph" as well)