Hello - for those out there who play English Concertina and want to
play with pipers in 'F' pitch. One often discussed approach is a Bb
concertina as favoured by Salvation Army bands. You play normal
fingering for a G tune and it comes out in F.
I have one but it doesn't get out much - I've now been told there's
one on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250771089292
I'm not interested in it nor have I seen it myself but the seller is
Chris Algar of barleycorn concertinas and he has an excellent
reputation. It's only got a day to run but he will always sell ater
the end time if the instrument is unsold.
The instrument needs some work and it would even be feasible to raise
to F+20 - much easier than the full tone shift mentioned in the
description.
Hope this helps someone
cheers
Rob
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