New Concertina Site

Subject: New Concertina Site
From: curmudgeon
Date: 07 Nov 05 - 08:33 PM

Concertina.net has provided, for many years, a place for concertina enthusiasts to share ideas and experiences, it has now been joined by   concertina.com, a n online concertina library, and a must for concertina players, wannabees, and devotees in general; a bookmark "must!"

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: s&r
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 04:20 AM

Wonderful

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: sian, west wales
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 09:43 AM

very very useful!

siân

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 11:22 AM

Thanks for posting the link Curmudgeon.

Halaswell

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Fidjit
Date: 08 Nov 05 - 01:27 PM

interesting site. Lots of goodies.

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 04:00 AM

G'day curmurgeon,

It is a great site ... developed as an improved and more general replacement for Bob Gaskins' earlier Maccann Duet Concertina Site ... which was, even as the Maccann site, a great source for information, books, tutors and history on every species of concertina under the sun!

Bob sent me the URL of the beta site ... and I've enjoyed every minute I've spent there - and learned more about the history and lore of the concertina that I have from any other source.

Regards,

Bob

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: curmudgeon
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 01:17 PM

glad everyone's enjoying the site.

Now let's refresh it for those who might have missed it - Tom

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: pavane
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 04:23 PM

Looks very good to me. I also sent an enquiry and received a most helpful reply. Full marks for that.

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 04:35 PM

Jolly fine site.
Discovered all sorts of info that I never new.
Maybe there is something to this Web thingy after all.
Ralph..(Duet player of this parish)

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 13 Nov 05 - 06:07 PM

THANK YOU! What a wonderful resource.

I now KNOW that the peculiar thing that was more harmonica than concertina was an ANGLO - Its blow/suck combination had me totaly befuddeled - so it remained in the consignment shop.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 10:16 PM

G'day Gargs,

There are three popular (aka 'folk') instruments that share a common tuning system: the diatonic button accordion (includes the melodeon, which is the most restricted style of squeezebox) - the German (and Anglo-German) concertina and the 'vamper' (eg "Marine Band, &c) harmonica. The tuning scheme, which gives the semi-automatic harmonies that lead to the name "Harmonica" (in German that's the button accordion, while the mouth organ is the mund harmonika)is ... the Richter scheme ... or even ... the Richter scale! The name comes from a German musical scholar ... not the seismologist.

The shared tunings are one reason why those three instruments became so popular in the 19th century. In Australia it was common for kids to play mouth organ ... and - when parents let them handle more expensive instruments, such as Dad's or Mum's accordion or concertina, they were already well on the way to playing them. Cheap (mostly German-made) concertina were often the middle step for players who went on to masterly playing on much more costly English-made concertinas. You missed out on one of ther great folk instruments!

Regards,

Bob

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 14 Nov 05 - 10:36 PM

I also received a lengthy and helpful reply from the webmaster, Robert Gaskins, when I complimented him on the site's design and asked for advice. He said that he's been thinking about visual design in the digital world for a long time: he invented PowerPoint and sold it to Microsoft.

Guess that 'splains why he has plenty of time to be a concertina nerd. (And the wherewithal to have both San Francisco and London addresses.)

He's also the guy we have to thank for digitizing the Wheatstone factory ledgers. And, a goodly chunk of the startup Concertina Library content comes from his previous site on Maccann duet concertinas, his speciality in the field.

It's so heartening when those with wealth and leisure turn their resources to good works! :o)

~ Becky, squeezer in Tucson

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 15 Nov 05 - 04:37 PM

Thank you so much Curmudgeon for the linc . It is on my favorites list !! Great to see a picture of Harry Crabb. He and his son were so good to me all those years ago .!! I hear Isslington is getting posh .. I guess thats better then being torn down .Thanks again , Guy .

Subject: RE: New Concertina Site
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 15 Nov 05 - 04:42 PM

I see I shall be losing lots more hours of spare time browsing on this site!