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The concertinas are
designed and built according to the historical English instruments.
The buttons are made of German silver. All instruments have
hardened springsteel reeds. Every reed is mounted in a single
brass frame and finally tuned by hand. The instruments are tuned
to the Standard International Concert Pitch A = 440 Hz. The
concertinas come with solid cases.
 A1: Anglo concertina
- Keys: 30 keys and air button, solid German Silver
- Ends: flat, made from mahogany
- Bellows: 6-fold leather bellows in black
- Tuning: C/G
- Keyboard layout: Jeffries system
- Levers: riveted
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: parallel
- Size: diameter 150 mm (5.9 in.)
- Description: instrument with classical concertina
sound
 A2:
Jeffries type Anglo concertina
- Keys: 30 keys + c drone + air button, made from solid
German silver
- Ends: Jeffries design, flat or raised ends, flat
ends made from German silver, rosewood, ebony or cocobolo,
raised ends made from German silver or hardwood in black
- Bellows: 7-fold leather bellows, goatskin, in black
or with Jeffries bellows papers,
other colours on request
- Tuning: C/G, also available C#/G#, Bb/F, Ab/Eb and
G/D
- Keyboard layout: Jeffries system, changes of tones
on request
- Levers: riveted, for fast action
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: reed chambers are parallel
- Size: diameter 156 mm (6.14 in.)
- Description: crisp tone, fast action
- Weight: with solid wooden ends: 1.4 kg
- Sound Clips:
- Tim Collins, "Patrick O'Connor's/Tom Billy's (polkas) From Tim's CD Dancing on Silver [MP3
format, 1.9 MB]
- Tim Collins, playing
a model A2, C/G, Cocobolo Ends [MP3
format, 1.5 MB]
- Tim Collins, playing
a model A2, C/G, Cocobolo Ends [MP3
format, 2.0 MB]
- Tim Collins, playing
a model A2, C/G, Cocobolo Ends [MP3
format, 1.9 MB]
 A2-32:
Jeffries type Anglo concertina
(Pictured at right) As above, but with 32 keys. Available only in C/G tuning.
Also available:
A2s:
Jeffries type Anglo concertina, for small hands
 A3:
Wheatstone Linota type Anglo concertina
- Keys: 30 keys + C drone + air button, made from German
silver
- Ends: Wheatstone design, flat or raised ends, flat
ends from German silver, rosewood, ebony or cocobolo, raised
ends from German silver or hardwood in black
- Bellows: 7-fold leather bellows, goatskin, in black,
other colours on request
- Tuning: C/G, C#/G# and Bb/F
- Keyboard layout: Wheatstone system, changes on request
- Levers: riveted, for fast action
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: reed chambers are arranged
in a circle
- Size: diameter 160 mm (6.3 in.)
- Description: crisp tone, fast action
 A4:
Jeffries type Anglo concertina
- Keys: 38 buttons + air button, solid German silver
- Ends: Jeffries design, flat or raised ends, flat ends made from German
silver, rosewood, ebony or cocobolo, raised ends made from German silver or hardwood
in black
- Bellows: 7-fold leather bellows, goatskin, in black or with Jeffries
bellows papers, other colours on request
- Tuning: C/G, C#/G#, Bb/F and Ab/Eb
- Keyboard layout: Jeffries system, changes of tones on request
- Levers: riveted, for fast action
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: reed chambers are parallel
- Size: diameter 156 mm (6.14 in.)
- Description: crisp tone, fast action
- Weight: With metal ends: 1.54 kg
- Sound Clips:
- Shane Bracken, playing a
model A4, Ebony Ends (group: Lia Luachra, Recording: Traffic)
- Tim Collins, playing a model A4, C#/G#,
Ebony Ends [MP3 format, 2.4 MB]
- Tim Collins, playing a model A4, C#/G#,
Ebony Ends [MP3 format, 1.2 MB]
- Tim Collins, playing a model A4, C#/G#,
Ebony Ends [MP3 format, 1.2 MB]
- Aogan Lynch, playing a model A4, C#/G#,
Ebony Ends [MP3 format, 2.0 MB]
- Aogan Lynch, playing a model A4, C#/G#,
Ebony Ends [MP3 format, 3.7 MB]
 A5:
Anglo concertina
- Keys: 34 keys + C drone + air button, made from German silver
- Ends: flat ends made from German silver, rosewood, ebony or cocobolo
- Bellows: 7-fold leather bellows, goatskin in black, other colours on request
- Tuning: C/G, also available C#/G#, Bb/F
- Keyboard layout: modified Jeffries system
- Levers: riveted, for fast action
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: reed chambers are arranged in a circle
- Size: diameter 160 mm (6.3 inch)
- Description: crisp tone, fast action
 E1:
English concertina
- Keys: 48 buttons, solid German silver
- Ends: raised hardwood ends in black or raised German
Silver ends
- Bellows: 6-fold leather bellows, goatskin
- Tuning: treble tuning, range from g to c''''; tenor
tuning, range from c to f'''
- Levers: riveted
- Reeds: single steel reeds in brass frames
- Reed pan construction: Wheatstone construction, reed
chambers in a circle
- Size: 160 mm diameter (6.3 in.)
- Six-sided
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Wood
or Metal Ends?
One of the most difficult things for me is to describe
the tone of a concertina and the difference in tone between
the models and materials used. It is a fact that metal
ends sound harsher, they have more overtones and are louder.
Wooden ends are softer, more mellow. With solid wood there
is the risk that it might crack, but up to now I haven't
heard of someone having problems with that. The harder
the wood the higher the potential risk of cracking. On
the other hand the harder the wood the better is the sound.
The hardest wood I use is ebony. Wooden ends are a bit
lighter than metal ends. I think it is mainly a matter
of personal taste though if a player prefers metal or
wooden ends. |
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