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分享05-Oct-2012
‘14 年前’ -- Accordeaphone: 六角琴遭遇手风琴…by Rob Howard |
 环球手风琴新闻曾于1998年10月9日等载了一篇有关自由簧乐器Accordeaphone的文章, 很少有手风琴演奏家使用或聆听到该乐器的表演. 这一乐器 – 具有手风琴声效的六角琴 – 是一家六角琴制造商于1930年代生产出来用于战前抵制日渐流行的手风琴的无效尝试.RARE FIND - UK Chris Timson has just acquired a rare and unusual instrument, a Lachenal Accordeaphone. He believes there may be as many as eight of these concertinas in the world today, but he only knows the whereabouts of three. The instrument is in good condition, playable, with good woodwork and reeds. Chris believes the instrument was manufactured to counteract the effect of major competition from accordion makers in 1935 to 1936. "The idea was to produce an English concertina with an accordion sound, so they put three reeds onto every note. Unfortunately being concertina makers they made it like a giant concertina instead of using far cheaper and more appropriate accordion technology. It must have cost a small fortune to build each one, and they never recouped the tooling-up costs". Chris's instrument has the word Accordeaphone cut into the fretwork on both sides. The name "Sid Ive" is clearly painted on the front of the instrument, and the case has a professional card inside it for "Sid Ive, English Concertina, 110 Gladstone Avenue, Wood Green, N22". Chris would like to find out more information about the original owner, so if anyone knows anything of Sid Ive, please email: chris@harbour.demon.co.uk |