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On the Web
- Don Nichols' Concertina Page - Internal details about the concertina, information about specific concertina types, and information about stolen concertinas.
- Casa das Concertinas - Venda de concertinas novas e usadas, e reparações de concertinas e acordeões. Arcos de Valdevez.
- Frank Edgley Concertinas - One of the foremost concertina builders in North America hand-crafted anglo concertinas hand-made reeds,ideal for Irish traditional and similar music.
- Concertina Library - Documents for the study of English, Anglo, and Duet concertinas: history, instruction books, sheet music, patents, technical papers, rare periodicals, and new research by many leading scholars. Full texts to read, download, and print.
- Concertina.net - A complete resource for the anglo concertina enthusiast .
- The Concertina Novice - Resources for novice players of the American Chemnitzer Concertina .
- L'anglo concertina - Le concertina anglo irish en France : conseils et méthodes.
- Concertina FAQ - Covers history, types, makes, repair and dealers.
- Home of the International Concertina Association - Founded over 40 years ago , works to promote the music and playing of the various forms of concertina.
- Polish Fireball's Chemnitzer Concertina Music Site - The Web resource for free sheet music with special notation for the Chemnitzer Concertina.
Wikipedia Articles
- Chemnitzer concertina - A Chemnitzer concertina is a musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free-reed category, sometimes called squeezeboxes, although some performers consider the term "squeezebox" to be derogatory. The Chemnitzer concertina is most closely related to the Bandoneon (German spelling: Bandonion), more distantly to the other concertinas, and accordions.
- Concertina - A concertina, like the various accordions and the harmonica, is a member of the free-reed family of instruments. The concertina was developed (probably independently) in both England and Germany.
- Concertina wire - Concertina wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. Each coil actually consists of two oppositely wound helices which support each other against crushing while allowing easy longitudinal movement.
- Concertina movement - Concertina movement is the movement occurring in snakes and other legless organisms that consists of gripping with portions of the body while pulling/pushing other sections in the direction of movement. Movement is irregular, with parts of the snake alternately stopping and moving.
- William Kimber - William "Merry" Kimber (8 September 1872 – 26 December 1961), was an English concertina player and Morris dancer who played a key role in the twentieth century revival of Morris Dancing, the traditional English folk dancing. A bricklayer by trade, he was famous both for his concertina playing and for his fine, upright dancing, such that in his day he was presented in the highest circles of society.