Item Type: Trophies - non-ICASummaryFull Description: A rare and early concertina contest Trophy, in cast pewter, awarded at Mr
Roylance’s Concertina Contest in 1870. Roylance (c. 1840–?)
was a musical instrument dealer, concertina performer-teacher, and
author-publisher of tutors for English and Anglo concertina and other
instruments. (See the Tutors Section of the Collection for details of
Roylance Tutors – NC.5.4 - and Items NC.5.4.1-013 and
NC.5.4.1-013 for two Roylance tutors. Most banjos and concertinas marketed
under his name were made by other firms. Roylance sponsored at least one
contest—“Mr. C. Roylance’s English Concertina Contest,
Cambridge Hall, Oxford Street” (July 5th, 1870), and
this large pewter trophy awarded at that contest is
Item NC.4.7.2-001
in the Collection, with the engraving “Presented to Mr W J
Corton, by the Umpires, for the best-played Concertina solo at Mr. C
Roylance’s Concertina Contest at the Cambridge Hall, Newman Street,
Oxford Street, July 5th 1870”. Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 4.7.2-001 |
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