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World Concertina Day on 6th February 2023

Monday 6th February 2022 was the second World Concertina Day. I was on the south coast of Spain again at the time, so the background noise is the waves on the beach! This is an un-edited single-take live video. Take it as it comes.

The instrument is Wheatstone Concert Treble Concertina 11689 with nickel-silver reeds, from 1861 - still playing after more than 160 years! I've restored and retuned it, and currently playing it in to free it up after decades of non-use.

Click on the right arrow to start the video, and then click on the corners icon to maximise it to full screen.

I thought it better to focus on me and the concertina, so no sea visible in the background. The following video pans round my playing location!


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