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A funny story Frank told me last week about Consairtin: Frank went there and evidently thought he could sign up for classes, but they were all full from online registrations. He asked around because he really wanted to attend a workshop by Tim Collins, founding co-director of Consairtín. Frank asked if they might make an exception and the person (not realizing who Frank was) wen...

I was pleased to see the list of Morse concertinas starting up recently here. As most of you will know, I have a timeline on my site which stops at 1981. I'd like to bring this more up to date, so details of maker's start and/or end dates, change of main owner, etc. would be very helpful. All contributions very welcome!

Recently I have been having a bit of a clear out at Wolverton Concertinas and there are some items which I no longer need but might be very useful to someone else. Especially reed sets which were purchased as sample sets in the early days of my business - these might be quite interesting to someone trying to build or repair a concertina, and are a bit hard to get hold of in term...

Hi, I am looking for an Anglo concertina in Ab/Eb (to play with instruments in Bb). I’ve been playing a SevenMount for years, so a similar layout would be good but I’m open to suggestions. If anyone has a lead I’d be grateful. I’m based in Hamburg with regular travel to Ireland. Thanks!

As far as I can see, the following makers of hybrid anglo concertinas are at the moment working in Europe... Irish Concertina Company (ICC): Clare McNeela (Ireland): Phoenix & Skylark - but mainly made in China Marcus (Wales) AC Norman (England) AP James (England) Kay Albrecht (Germany) I have read reviews of ICC, McNeela and Marcus instr...