Paul Hardy - Concertina Recordings

This page has music recordings featuring my playing. Most of the tunes are in Paul Hardy's Session Tunebook.

Solos

Harvest Home (1.9MB) - A local session favourite. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461.
Rights of Man (4.4MB) - variations on this well-known Irish tune. Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.
Edeophone Examples (2.7MB) - scales, Sheffield Hornpipe, Londonderry Air, and some twiddling to show range and tuning. Played on steel-reeded Lachenal Edeophone tenor-treble 57970.

Sun Assembly (2.3MB) - A traditional eighteenth century courtly dance tune, included in Thompsons "Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances" in 1757. Played on brass-reeded Wheatstone 8461. This arrangement is based on one by by Anahata
Da Slockit Light (2.9MB) - A Shetlands lament by Tom Anderson. Played on brass-reeded George Case baritone (un-numbered, but probably around 3000, from around 1860).