Did You Know?

I have thirty-five years experience with concertinas. I started out repairing vintage instruments many years ago. I wrote a regular maintenance and repair article for the "Concertina & Squeezebox" magazine for several years. For the past eleven years, with the years of experience behind me, I have been making concertinas. Some of the hundreds of instruments I have made have gone to places like Ireland, Germany, England, France, Belgium, Japan, Australia, South Korea, and Indonesia, as well as the USA and Canada, of course.

Sapele with Rosewood

Thanks to this blog and a vigilent customer, my confusion about the Sapele with Rosewood instrument has been corrected. Thank you for getting back to me!

On the Workbench

Avaiable soon will be the following concertinas:

(1)-ebony Professional Model, polished stainless grills - SOLD
(2)-African sapele with rosewood trim, Professional Model,polished stainless grills - SOLD
(3)-Eucalytus Burl, Professional Model, polished stainless grills - SOLD(
4)- "Special Professional Model", cocobolo with ebony trim, and ebony-trimmed cocobolo handles. This one will be a "real looker", as the cocobolo has remarkable colour differentiation.- SOLD

All have bellows with seven deep folds.

Current instruments "on the bench" have now been spoken for. Keep watching as new instruments come available, or call 519-991-3100 (or e-mail fedgley@cogeco.ca) to order a concertina made specially for you.

Did You Know?

Frank Edgley Concertinas have the deepest fold of any known contemporary concertinas, with a designed depth of 35 mm. With this depth and seven folds, they are capable of superior extension. Edgley concertinas are finished with the best quality goat hide. Goat has been known to be the best, and hardest-wearing of materials for bellows. Owners of Frank Edgley Concertinas should be able to pass their concertinas on to their children and/or grandchildren. fedgley@cogeco.ca

Recent Developments

Sorry I could not get the pictures of the Ebony instrument and the Oak one on the blog. They have been sold already. The Ebony instrument going to a notable musician in the New York area. However, there will soon be an African sapele concertina with ebony trim available---special price. As soon as I can get it together for a picture I will post it here. If you might be interested in this concertina, please e-mail me at fedgley@cogeco.ca or call me at 519-991-3100.

E-MAIL ADDRESS

Please use this e-mail when contacting me: fedgley@cogeco.ca . The edgley@concertinas.ca address has been giving me problems, and I'm not sure all correspondence is coming through.

Soon to be available

No pictures yet, but there will be an ebony Professional Model, and an oak Session Box available soon. Both are C/G instruments. Call 519-991-3100 or e-mail me at fedgley@cogeco.ca for details.