If you are on the market for a concertina for sale, and unsure of what are the best value anglos out there, the list is endless and reading all the arguments can be quite tedious. Not to mention, some makers have a waiting g time of up to 4 year... Read more
The Anglo or Anglo-German concertina is, historically, a hybrid between the English and German concertinas. The button layouts are generally the same as the original 20-button German concertinas designed by Uhlig in 1834, and in a bisonoric syst... Read more
In the mid-1830s concertinas were manufactured and sold in Germany and England, in two types specific to the country. Both systems continued to evolve into the current forms as the popularity of the instrument increased. Read more
The English concertina and the Duet concertina bear similarities in history and construction. Both systems generally play a chromatic scale, and are unisonoric, with each button producing the same note whether the bellows are being pushed or pul... Read more
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Various German concertina systems share common construction features and core button layout. In the United States, particularly in theMidwest where there are many German and Central European descendants, the term concertina often refers to the C... Read more
A concertina is a free reed instrument with bellows similar to accordions. It is lighter, smaller and more difficult to play than the accordion. Concertina are widely used in Irish traditional music. If you are a beginner and striving to master... Read more
There are several distinct types of concertina, all sharing the same basic design of folding bellows with buttons at each end, and anything from 6 to 12 sides in cross-section. Where they vary is in the layout and function of the keys. The varia... Read more
Although the Irish are known for their long folk memory, the story of how of concertina playing began there has been largely lost; it is often tagged to a threadbare tale of mariners bringing them up the Shannon estuary to Clare. This paper reco... Read more