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Thanks for the comment and the link!

Yes, it's one of the few tunes that I never get tired of, and also a good way to test the sound of my different instruments.

Thank you very much!

Thank you!

Muchisimas gracias y saludos desde Montevideo!

Muchas gracias!

Muchas gracias, muy buena idea!

Gracias a ti!

Hello, thanks for your comment and interest. It’s a Wicki or Hayden duet concertina. The name of the model is the Beaumont, made some years ago by the Button Box in Massachusetts, but unfortunately they stopped all their production.

Hello, thanks for your comment! No, I was using a wired little speaker connected to my iPad and it’s the traditional tuning. I never tried to play with both hands on a single board but I think that there is still a lot to explore with this instrument. I would be very interested to listen to other musicians using it in different ways.

@@Soloduet0703 I have been experimenting with different orientations and angles of this layout with only one board for both hands. It seems the best one is slightly unintuitive for us who have grown up with pianos. If one has more than 17 notes per octave, let say, 41 tuning in Pythagorean just intonation, then the best orientationi is almost a perfect mirror of this layout. Where the whole tones ascend up and to the left, and octaves ascend up and to the right. This would not only be very different for piano folks but it would also be strange in that the sharps would be on the left side of the board and the flats on the right side. The reason for this mirrored layout is to make for optimal ergonmics for the hands for large five note chords and for scales AND it also allows one to keep ones hands less on top of one another which can really help when playing accompaniment with the left hand and a melody in the right hand treble. Having the ability for the hands to play separate lines is key, especially when the two parts are close together in the same octave. This mirrored layout also allows you to keep the right hand playing the treble parts and the right hand playing the bass parts. And as long as you line up Db and C# an octave and a comma higher so that they are straight across left to right when siiting at the keyboard, they layout does not drift up and down to the sides of the player as you keep going out by whole tones to the right and left. It also seems that rather than being completely isomorphic, a pseudo isomorphic layout, like unto a qwerty keyboard, where the rows are slightly off set every two rows of keys improves ergononics for the hands considerably.. With this pseudo isomorphic layout, the same chord shape for all like chords and scales are similar enough so you can position you fingers and hands in the smae way for every major chord, for example, but likewise improving the ergonmics of said chord shapes. The real question though is, is anyone brave enough to make a keyboard for sale where the whole tones ascend up and to the left? It is a small hurdle considering all the advantages the keyboard would offer. A keyboad like this could play in just intonation perfectly and modulate to any key with the edition or foot pedals to shift commas up and down. The lumatones layout cannot do this without turning the keyboard at a sharp angle and the number of octaves are very limited only 3 to 4. A full keyboard like this with 77 pitch classes available on the board at once (with more available with the shifting of the foot pedals) and 7 octaves, would be ideal or near ideal. Of course it could be fully adequate with less notes and octaves also, but 77 would be ideal and would really minimize the need to use any foot pedals, if you would even need them at all.

Thank you Aidas, I would like to listen to this tune on your garmonika too!

Thank you so much!

Thanks a lot!

Muchas gracias!

Thank you Vincent! I could discover all your wonderful recordings and obviously you don't need a duet concertina to play polyphonic music. Your arrangements and your english concertina sound fantastic. If you have the sheet music for Around Midnight and La Mer I would be interested. Didie

Aah thank you Didie… Kind comments indeed. The English concertina lends itself surprisingly well to jazz ballads… But it’s much harder to add an accompaniment to a melody like this on the English. I’ll respond more fully by email ( I have yours from a previous exchange). Vincent.

Merci!

Thank you, glad you like it!

@@Soloduet0703 where are you based? near or in what city?

@@ToneArt I'm in Paris, France. Not Paris, Texas!

Thank you!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you so much!

Those bellows are really helpful you are never out of breath 🫁!

Thanks to you, you can look at my fingers and play it on your Beaumont as well.

Yes, maybe you could order the same bellows

Thanks, I will also make a version on my bandotin so that you can compare if it's worth having 5 kgs more...

Merci beaucoup!

I'am self locked but the wine is great and music is a liberation. Thank you!

Thank you very much for listening!

Thank you Elizabeth!

Merci Martine!

Thank you! It’s a Wicki duet concertina with 11 folds bellow.

Thank you, and perhaps in the next life I will try to play anglo!

Thank you!

Grazie à te!

Thank you very much!

Muchas gracias. Saludos de Paris!

Thank you for the player, the arranger, and the concertina!

Muchisimas gracias!

Thank you for yesterday, today and tomorrow!

Me encanta que te gusta tambien esta nueva pieza!

Muy agradecida de leer tu comentario amable!

Muchisimas gracias a ti!

Muchas gracias a ti!

Merci beaucoup!

Thank you!

Thank you! You can find more information on striso.org

Thank you Judy Corrette! I hope to listen to your music soon as well...

That may be a while yet. says Judy Corrette@@Soloduet0703

Gracias por escucharla!

Gracias a ti!

It's a "Beaumont" duet concertina, made by the Button Box.

Thanks a lot! hope to listen to your bandoneon playing soon...

@@Soloduet0703 Shhh it's a secret (well not really)!