12. The Internet
This list is not exhaustive and I would welcome further information.
The International Concertina Association has an active mailing list, but
this is restricted to its members only.
Anglo Concertina Excellent page produced by Dave Glenn.
Good info (and one or two inaccuracies)
and diagrams and some very useful hints
on how to finger various keys on the anglo.
http://www.soltec.net/~daglenn/conc_90.html
Arthur Dulay A site about this British composer and
pianist that has, halfway down the front
page, four wonderful recordings of the
great English concertina player Alf
Edwards.
http://www.solarvan.co.uk/arthurdulay/index.htm
Boermusiek Konsertina Some very interesting pages about the
concertina as played by the Boer community of
South Africa, maintained by Sean Minnie. Well
worth a read.
http://mzone.mweb.co.za/residents/sminnie/
Chemnitzer FAQ Created by Ted Kloba, this site is a good
starting point for people interested in
the Chemnitzer concertina.
http://www.geocities.com/heytud/faq.html
Concertina.net New name (formerly Anglo Concertina Resources)
and new address for a fine site. Good photos,
info, links and interviews with Herrington and
Suttner, and a message board. What more could
you want?
http://www.concertina.net/
Concertina Descriptions of three anglo concertinas owned by
Bob DeVellis - A Jeffries, a Lachenal and a
Dipper. Beautifully photograped and written, I
like to look in on this since this particular
Lachenal was the first concertina I ever
owned.
http://members.directvinternet.com/devellis/ip1conc.htm
Concertina! Maintained by Toby Koosman, contains
links to many sites of direct and
peripheral interest to concertina
players.
http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~tkoosman/boxlinks.html
Concertina Academy Concertina-Academy offers (it says):
- Concertina tutors with cd
- Preparation for grading exams on concertina
- Lessons by a qualified teacher
- Encourages composers to write new pieces
- Publishes cd's and dvd's
- Organizes and/or gives workshops, lectures
and concerts.
Well done Pauline de Snoo!
http://www.concertina-academy.com/
Concertina and Melodeon in Australia
Part of the web site for the Australian Folklore Unit
this web site puts Australian concertina playing
into the context of Australian folk music and its
revival.
http://warrenfahey.com/concertina-1.htm
Concertina FAQ This FAQ in HTML format with
pictures.
http://www.concertina.info
Concertina History An article written by Neil Wayne for the Galpin
Society and profusely illustrated. A must for
the budding concertina guru. Maintained by the
UK Anglo player Howard Mitchell.
http://www.hgmitchell.fsnet.co.uk/g0.htm
Concertina Library A new (2005) and very impressive site by committed
concertina historian Bob Gaskins and descended
from his earlier sites, this must now count as
one of the major resources on the web for players
and scholars alike. Described as a "Digital Reference
Collection for Concertinas", the range of material
available is breathtaking.
http://www.concertina.com
ConcertinaMusic.com A site dedicated to the Chemnitzer
concertina, with many resources for
this instrument and stacks of free
sheet music notated for the Chemnitzer.
http://www.concertinamusic.com/sbox
Concertina Playing The web site of Alan Day, with many mp3's
of tunes played by Alan, as well as details
of his anglo concertina tutorial.
http://www.filmsonglass.co.uk/concertina-index.htm
Concertina Spares An excellent idea from the concertina
repairer David Leese - as the name says
it's an online site for concertina spares,
from pads and springs right up to bellows.
Concertina Spotters Guide Maintained by Nick Robertshaw, a
larger-than-life individual who plays
Jeffries Duet. This site has a fine
collection of photos of the different
types of concertinas.
http://www.clark.net/pub/bignick/indentina.html
Die Deutsche Konzertina A site devised by Martin Doering and
dedicated to the anglo concertina.
The site used to be solely in German,
but has now acquired some English
translation.
http://www.mucl.de/Home/mdoering/konzertina/index.htm
Don Nichols Home Page Very knowledgeable gentleman when it
comes to the interiors of concertinas,
his home page has some fascinating
info and diagrams. Also carries the
text of Neil Wayne's magnificent
article on the history of the
concertina.
http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
Duet Concertina Fingering This site has well set-out fingering
Charts charts for all the main Duet systems:
MacCann, Crane(Triumph) and Hayden.
Maintained by Marc Lamb, it fills a
real need.
http://www.his.com/~mis/fingeringcharts.html
Hayden Duet Concertina Page As its name says, a site created by
Jack J Wohr particularly for this
most rational of duet concertinas.
http://www.well.com/~jax/rcfb/hayden_duet.html
Jamring.com Home of the Concertina Record, Lea
Nicholson's magnum opus, complete
with excerpts, supporting pictures
and interviews. Well worth a visit.
http://www.jamring.com/
Hayden Concertina mailing List Also maintained by Jack Wohr, this
mailing list is intended specifically
for players of the Hayden concertina.
To subscribe send a blank email to
Le Concertina A site by Gilbert Carrère all about
the concertina in France.
http://le.concertina.monsite.wanadoo.fr/
Le concertina anglo Irish en France
A very comprehensive site in French
dedicated to playing the anglo for
Irish music.
http://concertina.free.fr/
The MacCann Duet Concertina A comprehensive guide to the MacCann
duet concertina, ostensibly written
by the Good (and long dead) Professor
MacCann himself. Other interesting
info includes pdf's of all the
important concertina patents. Well
worth visiting.
http://www.maccann-duet.com/
Playing the Anglo Concertina in Bush Music Style
This site provides a basic tutor for
the anglo concertina, plus a superb
collection of Australian bush tunes,
each annotated with comments and
suggestions for the anglo player.
http://www.davidjohnson.id.au/music/tutors/concertina.htm
Squeezebox mailing list Formerly the Accordion mailing list.
Has a 2-way gateway with the squeezebox
news group (see below). To subscribe,
send an email to
or online at
www.egroups.com/group/squeezebox/info.html
rec.music.makers.squeezebox Also formerly the Accordion mailing
list! Covers all aspects of free reed
instruments including the concertina.
A very friendly, helpful and welcoming
community of players.
Steve Litwin's Home Page Steve is the polka editor of the
Polish American Journal, and
Chemnitzer concertina player. He has
assembled some good stuff about this
instrument.
http://www.polamjournal.com/polka/
Tissage et Concertina A site by Gilbert Carrère about his twin
preoccupations, weaving and concertina.
The real pleasure of this site is in the
many scored arrangements for English and
duet concertina, accompanied in some cases
by recordings you can download and listen to.
http://perso.orange.fr/gilbertcarr/
Virtual Wheatstone Concertina This Flash demo takes a few seconds
to load on a modem, but once it
arrives it shows a very elegant
Victorian Wheatstone English
concertina which you can play with
your mouse. No, really!
http://www.id-werbeagentur.com/concertina/
Wheatstone Concertina Ledgers The beginnings of what will be a superb
online resource for anyone interested
in the history of the concertina. Already
has digitised images of every page of the
Wheatstone concertina ledgers from the
Dickinson archives, and the Wayne Archives
are in process of being digitised as well.
Writings - John Kirkpatrick John Kirkpatrick ("The Guv'nor") has
within his site three articles on how
to play the anglo. Links to them are
on this page. Look at the rest of the
site while you're there.
http://www.johnkirkpatrick.co.uk/writings.htm
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