Katie Howson is the ideal person to talk about one row melodeon and in particular oscar woods.
The Instruments that were most common in this area[east anglia] were the one row melodeon, the two row button accordion and the hammered dulcimer,I cannot think of a single traditional concertina player who was collected, so I am not sure what the basis of an east anglian traditional style is on the Concertina[ IS IT ANGLO? ENGLISH? DUET?]I dont think there is such a thing, as an east anglian concertina style.
Scan Tester would be an example of one particular southern english style,[possibly the only one] but he was not [as far as i know] east anglian.
John Charles it is very difficult to illustrate a hammered dulcimer style on a one row melodeon, what katie should be able to do well, is to talk about and illustrate two row and one row styles, because she has absorbed and played with players like dolly curtis, and can play both instruments, undoubtedly some of her own personality and style will enter in to it , but that would be the case with any player.
John, the two row melodeon was in my opinion as popular as the one row, Font played a two row, Cecil Pearl played a 2 row, Dolly Curtis[ if my memory serves me right] played a Double Ray,Percy Brown played a 2 row
Oscar was the main man on the one row,and fred pearce, and more latterly Cyril Barber, Oscar was in my opinion a superior player to Cyril.