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Catalog > Winds > Squeezeboxes > Concertinas updated May 31, 2007

English Concertinas


Concertinas, English (made in Italy by Stagi)

  1. 18 button miniature

  2. 30 button student

  3. 48 button deluxe

  4. 56 button tenor-treble

  • Chromatic, playable in any key
  • Plays same note, push or pull (press, draw)
  • Sight-reading is easy
  • Can play almost any kind of music
  • All new instruments come with case
  • Made in Italy by Stagi, formerly Bastari.
  • Some models available with handmade reeds (brighter sound, longer lasting, hold tuning better)

Miniature concertina

18b English mini concertina, 1-1/2 lbs, hexagonal, white plastic buttons, quality leather bellows have 10 folds in 2 sections of 5 each. Leather thumbstraps, and the same pinky straps on the other side, instead of the metal pinky rest found on larger models. Two styles: mahogany with dark brown bellows or black finish with black bellows.

Featherweight & real cute -- a great street performer's instrument. People are always amazed at the music you can make on this little tina, because they think it's a toy instead of a real instrument. It's sort of a "button pennywhistle" with 2 sharps and 1 flat, not quite fully chromatic like its big brothers -- it is missing only G# and Eb. Plays in C, G, D, F, and the relative minors and Irish modal scales over a range of almost 2 octaves, from C to B. Very nice tone, quite loud despite its size.

Includes deluxe plush lined hard case with reinforced corners.

This is a very popular item - we don't always have both colors in stock. Please indicate whether you are able to wait for your preferred selection, or whether we should just send whatever we have in stock now.

$560.20

  30 button student concertina
30b English student model Stagi A30 - Hexagonal, 2.3 lbs, white plastic buttons. In mahogany or black finish w/quality leather 6 fold bellows. Fully chromatic: the duplicate sharps and flats (enharmonics) found on the 48b English are trimmed down to just one of each. Range: first 2 1/2 octaves of a violin, just 1 octave less than the full sized 48 key English treble. With case.
$680.20


Model A48-S 48b English by Stagi, Treble deluxe model, 3.3 lbs, hexagonal, fancy carved mahogany or black lacquered ends, herringbone binding, 6 fold quality leather bellows, includes case. 3 1/2 octaves, same as low range of a violin (highest note is C, lowest note is G).
Usually available, at same price, in Tenor range (highest note is F, lowest note is C). Tenor is a nice range for accompanying male voices. Lowest reeds are slower to respond, not as agile for fast dance tunes. Instruction books are written for treble range. They also make it in Baritone range but we have not been happy with the reed response on these so we don't stock them. We can special order one if you really want it, just be aware that the reeds are very sluggish and the instrument will not be returnable. Add on $200 for handmade reeds (no color choice, treble model only).
$890.25 Choose range:


56b Stagi English Tenor-Treble, 4 octave extended range (low note is C one octave below middle C, going up 4 octaves to same high C as treble model). Octagonal, mahogany w/ fancy binding, plastic buttons, 6-fold leather covered bellows, incl hard case. A good range for classical music and song accompaniment in any vocal range. Sometimes available with black lacquered ends and metal buttons. Add on $200 for handmade reeds (no color choice).
$1042.25