Toe-tapping music and happy melodies keep members of the Central Wisconsin Concertina Club on the move. Local band leader Dan Gruetzmacher started the Concertina Club in 1971, and the group has grown ...

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 ...

The interesting character Charles Wheatstone, he was the inventor of the electric telegraph. And he invented the concertina. This instrument, according to the catalogue price list, was $320 in the mid ...

NORTH MANKATO — If there was one thing John Gag enjoyed more than his German heritage, it was playing his concertina. He met his wife of 55 years through it. He entertained kids and adults alike with ...

The Concertina is all charm, nuance, and feel, with the power of Adirondack spruce lending it a beautiful, expressive voice that is a fingerpicker's delight, and a treat for anyone who values a ...

Wild abandon and emotional depth charges. These are what characterise Cormac Begley’s second solo album, B. He takes a wry pleasure in describing it as the world’s first solo bass concertina album: ...