Hayden System Duet Concertina
Directory
Resources in the Concertina Library for Hayden Duet concertina.
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A Chat with Brian Hayden
- by Wes Williams
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Brian Hayden was interviewed in 2001 about his background, his invention of
the Hayden System, his views on other duet systems, and his suggestions
for learning and playing the duet concertina. Contains keyboard diagrams
for nine duet systems: the Early Wheatstone Duett, Early Wheatstone Double, Maccann,
Jeffries, Crane (Triumph), Linton, Rust ("Piano"), Late Wheatstone Chidley, and Hayden.
(There is also
a PDF version of the article.)
Also published at concertina.net.
- Posted 15 February 2003
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Which Duet Concertina—Hayden or Maccann?
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by Robert Gaskins
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A comparative review of two concertinas:
a Stagi Hayden Duet concertina (c. 2003),
and a Lachenal Maccann Duet concertina (c. 1900).
Each instrument has 46 keys, and each cost
£500 ($800) ready to play.
On almost every measure, the antique Lachenal Maccann Duet
turned out to be preferable to the modern Stagi Hayden Duet—by
a considerable margin. The advantages frequently mentioned as
belonging to the Hayden system (uniformity of fingering in all
key signatures, automatic transposition) turned out to be significantly
compromised by the restricted size of the Stagi. If you want to
play a duet concertina, at present you will probably do best to
buy a Maccann Duet.
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Posted 01 March 2004
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The Wicki System—an 1896 Precursor of the Hayden System
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by Robert Gaskins
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The concertina keyboard system known today as the "Hayden" system,
which was independently discovered by Brian Hayden and patented by him in 1986,
had also been discovered and patented 90 years earlier by a Swiss inventor
named Kaspar Wicki. Wicki's 1896 Swiss patent (CH13329) is clear and unambiguous, including
a keyboard diagram labeled in standard musical notation.
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Posted 01 March 2004
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Tastatur für Musikinstrumente (1896)
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by Kaspar Wicki
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Switzerland Patent Nr. CH13329, dated 30 Oktober 1896. 2 pages, 1
illustration. This patent describes a keyboard system identical to
the Hayden system which was independently re-discovered 90 years
later. “The keys or buttons … are arranged in such a way that one
can play in all key signatures using the same fingering. The notes
which are adjacent left-to-right on one row are always one full tone
from each other. Notes in the adjacent row are the associated fifths
(in the other direction the associated fourths) and notes two rows
away in each direction are the octaves.” [Translated from the German
original.]
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Posted 01 March 2004
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Arrangements of Notes on Musical Instruments (1986)
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by Brian Hayden
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British Patent No. GB2131592, 1986. 14 figures, 17 pages. This was an
independent re-discovery of the system
that had been patented by Kaspar Wicki ninety years earlier.
"Various arrangements of touches on Musical Keyboards
previously evolved are detailed … . The present invention
places notes on musical instruments along several adjacent
paths … . Keyboards for Organs, Accordions, and in
particular Concertinas are described in greater detail … ."
[from the Application].
Date Filed: 02.12.1982;
Patent Granted with effect from 20.08.1986;
Date of Last Renewal: 29.11.1989;
Date Not in Force: 02.12.1990;
Patent Ceased on 02.12.1990.
[Patents Register Entry, UK Patent Office]
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Posted 01 September 2003
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All-Systems Duet Workshop Tutor
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by Brian Hayden
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Tutor for a workshop on how to play duet concertinas of all systems. Begins
with notation, fingering, and chords for Maccann Duets, Jeffries Duets, Crane (Triumph)
Duets, and Hayden Duets. Tunes of progressive difficulty, with increasing
number of notes and then in keys with increasing numbers of accidentals, all
written in notation based on the treble clef. Notes
on chord patterns and on strategies for melody and accompaniment applicable to
all systems of duet concertina.
Presented to The West Country Concertina Players, 1994. 20 pages.
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Posted 15 August 2003
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Playing Chords [for English, Anglo, and Maccann Duet]
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by Brian Hayden
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"I would like to explain the system that I use when teaching
players about chords, their structure, and placement. Chords are
what I am most requested to explain at folk music workshops or
gatherings as I tend to use chords a lot in my own playing." (From
the introduction.)
Includes a novel notation for chords which is used elsewhere on this website.
As published in Concertina Magazine
(Australia) in three parts, 12-14 (1985), 12:5-7,
13:12-14, and 14:8-10; with corrections in 15-16 (1986), 15:14
and 16:1,6,9.
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Posted 01 March 2004
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Fingering Systems for Duet Concertina
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by Brian Hayden
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Overview of all the fingering systems for duet concertina which
turned up in Hayden's review of prior art while preparing his own patent application.
As published in Concertina Magazine (Australia)
16 (1986): 19-23; 17 (1987): 7-9; 18 (1987): 11-15; 19 (1987): 6-10.
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Posted 15 November 2001
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The Hayden System
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by Brian Hayden
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Hayden's early (1983) account of the advantages of the Hayden system,
stressing the ease of forming chords in any key and of transposing.
As published in Concertina Magazine
(Australia) 8 (Autumn, 1984): 4-8.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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The Hayden Duet System Concertina—Resource List
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by Ken Coles
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Information and reviews of currently-available Hayden
Duet concertinas, particularly those made by Wheatstone & Co. in
England, the Button Box in Massachusetts, and new Hayden designs
being imported from Russian makers.
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Posted 15 February 2003
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Brian Hayden, inventor of the Hayden System Duet, at Kilve 2002 (Paul Hardy)
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