Dudley Laufman
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William Dudley Laufman was an American contra and barn dance caller and musician widely credited with having helped spur the revival of contra dance in the 20th century.
Laufman in 2009
Laufman's house, "Wind in the Timothy"
Concertina
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A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons usually on both ends, unlike accordion but
Dudley Laufman
…University of Massachusetts, in 1952. In 1957, his first wife, Cynthia, gave him a fiddle and he began to learn to play. He also learned the accordion, concertina, melodeon, and harmonica. Laufman worked as an occupational therapist in Brattleboro, Vermont, from 1952 to 1955, followed by a stint at the New Hampshire…
Wheatstone English concertina, produced c. 1920
English concertina disassembled, showing bellows, reedpan and buttons
Hayden Duet Concertina
Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000