The little rascals may be the result of an illegitimate union of a harmonica and an accordion. I am referring here to the concertina (which sounds like the stage name of an Italian singer). Even ...

World Concertina Day is this Sunday, February 6th, 220 years after the birth of Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina. A... Feb 04, 2022 — World Concertina Day is this Sunday, ...

Did you know that the English concertina, that hand-pumped bellows instrument favored by sailors both legitimate and piratical in the Age of Sail, was invented by none other than [Sir Charles ...

And this one is an English concertina, and this is octagonal in shape, and it's made by the firm of Charles Wheatstone in London. And it is their Aeola model, which meant that this was their octagonal ...

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The story of the invention in the 19th century of the musical instrument, the English Concertina by British scientist Charles Wheatstone.

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Well over a century ago, the Concertina, more commonly known as a “squeeze-box” was a widely popular instrument, but over time faded almost into obscurity by the 1960’s. Frank Edgley, a now retired ...