Kettle Bridge Concertinas

World Concertina Day

To celebrate the 220th anniversary of the birth of Sir Charles Wheatstone, inventor of the English concertina, Sunday 6th February has been designated as the first-ever World Concertina Day.

The day is sponsored by the International Concertina Association and the latest news of planned events can be found by clicking here. Keep checking because items are being added all the time.

As part of the celebrations, Kettle Bridge Concertinas are holding an Open Day event at Maidstone Museum. Please see the flyer below for more information.

Normal Service Is Resumed — Almost!

Following the relaxing of the COVID-19 restrictions, we are mainly reverting to meeting up to play. Our regular sessions will now be as follows —

• Alternate Sundays from 10:00am to 12:00 noon at the Farleighs WI Hall.
  The sessions are open to all members and will start easy and slow before progressing to some faster, trickier pieces.
• Monday beginners’ session.
  Geared to beginners and improvers, we play slowly and steadily, with some teaching thrown in. More experienced players are welcome to join in.
  These sessions alternate between the Farleighs WI Hall (from 1:30pm to 3:30pm) and via Zoom (3:00pm to 4:00pm). See the panel on the right for when the next beginners’ session will be in the Hall.
• Every Thursday from 10:30am to 12:30pm at the Farleighs WI Hall.
  This will feature more advanced playing for those who like a challenge and will also be the practice session for any events that we will be attending. Sue can advise if she thinks that you are ready to cope with the standard of playing required.

If you are interested in joining in with any of these, just get in touch with our secretary via our Contact Page.

The Concertina Tinker

Dave Elliott is an associate member of Kettle Bridge Concertinas and a thoroughly useful chap to know. He is an experienced repairer and restorer of traditionally constructed concertinas of all types — large bass through to piccolo — as well as miniature instruments, and all fingering systems.

He is very happy to provide individual advice, event clinics, or group workshops and is the author of 'The Concertina Maintenance Manual'.

For more information, visit his website at http://concertina-repair.org.uk/.