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A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons (or keys ...
In the English Folk Revival of the 1960s, though the English concertina had been more an art music instrument, it became popular with British folk musicians. Karl Dallas has suggested that the mere presence of 'English' in the name attracted some of the revival's demographic; [6] however the instrument's versatility and portability were also important as factors in the instrument's adoption. [7]
Charles Wheatstone's Duet concertina 1855–60 Hayden Duet concertina . The Duet concertina is a family of concertinas, distinguished by being unisonoric (producing the same note on the push and pull of the bellows, unlike the Anglo concertina) and by having their lower notes on the left and higher on the right (unlike the English concertina).
The gangway was of concertina pattern, and was pressed against the corresponding gangway on the leading coach by means of sprung pistons. [ 20 ] Although a normal gangway connection was used, the passageway through the tender was only 5 feet (1.52 m) high and 18 inches (0.46 m) wide, and the floor of the passage was 2 feet (0.61 m) above the ...
A Chemnitzer concertina is a musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free-reed category, sometimes called squeezeboxes. The Chemnitzer concertina is most closely related to the bandoneón ( German spelling: Bandonion ), and more distantly, to the other types of concertinas and accordions .
John Hill Maccann, or Professor Maccann (variously rendered as Maccann, MacCann or McCann [1]) (1861 – 1915?) was a concertina player and designer from Plymouth, England. In 1884, Maccann patented a new design of Duet concertina , which became the first successful and most widely accepted layout of that instrument. [ 2 ]
George Jones is often credited as the first English chromatic Anglo concertina maker. British firms active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries include those founded by Charles Wheatstone, Charles Jeffries (who built primarily Anglo-style concertinas), Louis Lachenal (who built concertinas in both English and Anglo styles and was the most prolific manufacturer of the period), and John Crabb.
Concertina wire or Dannert wire [1] is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina.