Silberhorn Concertinas
Howard Mitchell
Pat Watters,Owner of Music and Dance News and Music and Dance Industries, R3 Box 139, Wis 54455, USA contributes theses notes on the huge popularity of the “unusual anglo promoted by Henry Silberhorn” in the mid west of America.
There are six Silberhorn style concertina clubs in the State of Michigan, two of them have over 50 members each and a dozen concertina festivals a year are held. There are concertina clubs ‘Silberhorn Style’ in California on Pacific Coast, Texas, Florida, Pensylvania, New York (State), Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Winsconsin, Minnesota totalling over 100. Music and Dance News alone has a mailing list of over 5000 Silberhorn type concertina players in the US and Canada. Over 5000 Silberhorn type of concertinas were imported into the US and sold in 1973.
Over 5000 people attended the Concertina jamboree at Gabbon, Minn, July 26, 27, 28,29 1974. This has been annual for 5 years. Over 10,000 musical sheet music arrangements have been made for the Silberhorn type of concertina in this century. Over 3000 by Henry Silberhorn before he died in 1965. This is more arrangements than have been made for any other instrument except pano and violin
Music and Dance News has a current list of over 7000 Silberhorn-type of concertina arrangements - being ordered and shipped daily from the stock. The arrangements consist of all types of music, international (ethnic), Polish, Bohemian, Lithuanian, German, Italian, Swedish, Modern, Jazz, Ragtime, Rock, Classical and many show tunes are available.
The conncertina (Silberhorn-style) is the most popular learners’ instrument in the US today behind piano and guitar, much ahead of the accordion, and this popularity is gaining by leaps and bounds.
The article also showed pictures of a hexagonal Stradella and square Stradi and Stradivarius instruments.
Does any of this still exist? Do we have any owners of such instruments on the Group?
Howard Mitchell
mela...@gold.tc.umn.edu
>Does any of this still exist? Do we have any owners of such instruments
>on the Group?
Yes! This article is talking about the Chemnitzer Concertina. There are
a few players in this group, including me. Thanks for posting article.
This type of concertina is still very popular in the Midwest and out East.
Best Regards,
Dan Melander
wunds...@gmail.com
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I'm looking for a stradella concertina. If you find one for sale PLEASE let me know. Thanks,Matt