The Chemnitzer instrument on a mantle next to a vintage radio

Josh Tomiak

Josh studies music, computer science, and religion at UVA (class of 2026). When his grandparents showed him the Chemnitzer concertina that his great-grandather Walter Maczka played, he was intrigued and set out to learn more about its story (and how to play it, a little!) This site became his medium to share the story of the concertina and its unique sound.

Manuscript Archive

My grandfather Walter Waczka had a collection of over 300 pieces of sheet music. I scanned and sorted his collection to produce this comprehensive archive of sheet music.

19320 End Fragment

D major, 2/2

2611 End Fragment

D major, 3/4

4 Polish Dances

G major, 3/4

42nd Street

B minor, 2/2

8000 End Fragment

G major, 3/4

8469 End Fragment

G major, 4/4

A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet

D major, 3/4

A Perfect Day

C major, 3/4

A Zawracaj Od Komina

G major, 3/4

Ach Ich Bin So Muede

D major, 2/4

All I Do Is Dream of You

D major, 2/2

Andzia s Kodeksem

D major, 2/4

Baczność

D major, 2/2

Barbara Polka

G major, 2/4

Barbara Polka

G major, 2/4

Bartender Polka

D major, 2/4

Barbara Polka

G major, 2/4

Be Still, My Heart

D major, 2/2

Będzie Piwko, Psie Korytko

D major, 3/8

Beer Barrel Polka

D major, 2/4

Bialy Mazur

D major, 3/4

On the Beautiful Blue Danube

D major, 3/4

Blue Hours

D major, 3/4

Flisak Krakowiak

G major, 2/4

Bruno

D major, 3/8

Bukowina Mazurek

D major, 3/4

By a Waterfall

D major, 2/2

Cheek to Cheek

D major, 2/2

Chłopski Krakowiak

D major, 2/4

Cieciorki Polka

D major, 2/4

Cieciorki Polka

D major, 2/4

Cieszmy Się Polka

A major, 2/4

Cikanka

D major, 2/4

Circus Galop

D major, 2/4

Cuckoo-Waltz

D major, 3/4

Czarna Wrona

D major, 2/4

Czerwone Piwko Polka

D major, 2/4

Czy Pamiętasy Cóś Mowiła

G major, 2/4

Czy Pamietasz Cóś Mowiła

G major, 2/4

Dziweyno Kocham Cie

D major, 3/4

D Major Fragment

D major, 2/4

D Major Krakowiak

D major, 2/4

Cochalanka Polka

D major, 2/4

D Major Waltz End Fragment

D major, 3/4

D Major Waltz Fragment

D major, 3/4

Danube Waves Waltz

G major, 3/4

Dinah

D major, 2/2

Do Upadłego

D major, 3/8

Doodle-Doo-Doo

G major, 4/4

Ducaty Polka

D major, 2/4

Dziadunio

D major, 2/4

Dziennikarski Mazur

D major, 3/8

Eeny-Meeny-Miney-Mo

G major, 2/2

Ev’ryone Says ‘I Love You’

G major, 2/2

Feist Medley Fox Trot No. 1

A major, 4/4

Flisak Krakowiak

G major, 2/4

Follow The Swallow

A major, 4/4

Footloose and Fancyfree

D major, 2/2

Four Polish Dances

G major, 3/4

Francuzka-Polka

D major, 2/4

Francuzka Polka

D major, 2/4

Untitled G major Piece

G major, 2/2

Na Piszę Karteczke do Rzymu

G major, 2/4

G major End Fragment

G major, 3/4

4th Piece in Set (Fragment)

G major, 3/4

G major Polka (Untitled)

G major, 2/4

G major Waltz End Fragment

G major, 3/4

C Major Fragment

C major, 3/4

German Home Sweet Home

D major, 3/4

Give Me A Night In June

D major, 2/2

Good Night Little Girl of My Dreams

D major, 3/4

Good Night My Love

G major, 2/2

Good Night Sweetheart

C major, 2/2

Goofus

D major, 2/2

Goofus

G major, 2/2

Goralska Polka

D minor, 2/4

Góralska Polka

D major, 2/4

Grochowka Polka

G major, 2/4

Gwiazdkowe i Swiateczne Piesni

D major, 2/2

Ha-Cha-Cha

D major, 2/2

Helena- Polka

D major, 2/4

Hello, Beautiful!

D major, 2/2

High-on-a-Hilltop

G major, 2/2

Hiszpanka Walc

G major, 3/4

Hopp Hopp

D major, 3/4

Hopsa Polka

A major, 2/4

I Was Lucky

D major, 2/2

Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider

G major, 2/4

I’ll Always Be In Love With You

A major, 3/4

I’ll Be Faithful

C major, 2/2

I’ll String Along With You

G major, 2/2

I’m Sure of Everything But You

G major, 2/2

In A Little Spanish Town

D major, 3/4

One-Night-in-Monte-Carlo

C major, 2/2

In the Chapel in the Moonlight

G major, 4/4

In The Valley Of The Moon

D major, 3/4

I’ve Got A Feelin’ You’re Foolin’

D major, 2/2

Jak To Na Wojence Ladnie

C major, 2/4

Jak to Nawojence Ładnie

D major, 2/4

Julianna

G major, 3/4

June in January

D major, 2/2

Just One More Chance

D major, 2/2

Kanarek Polka

G major, 2/4

Krakowiak Oryginalna

G major, 2/4

Kaśka z Mazurem

G major, 3/4

Katarina Polka

D major, 2/4

Kinder Polka

D major, 2/4

Klara Polka

G major, 2/4

Kokietka Polka

G major, 2/4

Koniec Swiata Polka

D major, 2/4

Kotka Polka

G major, 2/4

Krakowiak No. 2.

G major, 2/4

Będzie Piwko, Psie Korytko

D major, 3/8

Krakowiak No. 2

D major, 2/4

Kreutz Polka

D major, 2/4

Kujawiak No. 6

A major, 3/4

Kujawiak No. 7.

D major, 3/4

Kujawiak Muszynskiego

D major, 3/4

Dzien Dobry Kujawiak

D major, 3/4

Kujawiak Staro Krajski No.2

C major, 3/4

Kujawiak Staro Krajski

D major, 3/4

Kujawiak z Oberkiem

D major, 3/8

Kuku ‘Polka’

D major, 2/4

La Spagnola (Hispanka) Waltz

G major, 3/4

Laczka Zielona-Walc

G major, 3/4

Lastucka Polka

G major, 2/4

Lesna Bajka Waltz

C major, 3/4

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

D major, 3/4

Lida Polka

G major, 2/4

Lithuanian Vestuviu

D major, 2/4

Louka Zelena Waltz

G major, 3/4

Love in Bloom

G major, 2/2

Lucia Polka

F major, 2/4

Lucia Polka

F major, 2/4

Lulu’s Back in Town

G major, 2/2

Lwowianin

D major, 3/4

Maciek w Korycie

D major, 3/8

Malgozartka Galop

D major, 2/4

Maniuta Polka

D major, 2/4

Marsz Dla Młodej Pary

D major, 2/4

Marsz Wychodny

D major, 2/4

Martha Polka

G major, 2/4

Matus Moja Matus

D major, 3/4

Matuś Moja Matuś Mazur

D major, 3/8

Mazur No. 20

D major, 3/8

Mazur Dominjak

G major, 3/4

Mazur Gorskiego

G major, 3/4

Mazur Madeja

G major, 3/4

Mazur Modejeckiego

D major, 3/4

Mazur Wiejski

D major, 3/4

Mazur z Dembicy

D major, 3/4

D Major Mazurka

D major, 3/4

Miła Melodya

G major, 2/4

Moja Luba Polka

A major, 2/4

Monopol Polka

A major, 2/4

Monopol Polka

A major, 2/4

The Music Goes Down and Around

G major, 2/2

Musik Polka

D major, 2/4

Na Boisku

G major, 2/4

Na Chrzcinach u Dubiela

D major, 3/8

Na Falach Dunaju

D major, 3/4

Na Lewo

D major, 3/4

Na Lewo od Borzęcina

D major, 3/8

Na Piszę Karteczke do Rzymy

G major, 2/4

Na Szary Wisły Brzeg

G major, 3/4

Na Wykretke

D major, 3/4

Na Źielonej Łące

D major, 2/4

Na Zielony Łące

A major, 2/4

Nämdemansmoras Hambo

D major, 3/4

Na Obata Czarny Las

A major, 2/4

Naokoło Ciemny Las

A major, 2/4

Narodowa Polka

D major, 2/4

Nasz Kosciuszko Dobry Był

D major, 2/4

Neapolitan Nights

G major, 3/4

Nie Idzie To Polka

G major, 2/4

O Katharina!

D major, 2/4

Oberek Grojecki

G major, 3/4

Oberek Ujejski

G major, 3/4

Oberek w Obie Strony

A major, 3/4

Oberek Wesoby

G major, 3/4

Od Krzaczka do Krzaczka Walc

D major, 3/4

Od Tarnowa

D major, 2/4

Od Ucha

D major, 2/4

Shuffle Off to Buffalo

G major, 2/2

Oh! Oaken Leaf

C major, 3/4

Olympia

D major, 3/4

On Treasure Island

G major, 2/2

Opera Z Kantowa

D major, 3/4

Originalna Polka Pogotowie

D major, 2/4

Over Somebody Else’s Shoulder

D major, 2/2

Paradise

D major, 3/4

Pennies From Heaven

G major, 2/2

Piesczotka Polka

C major, 2/4

Pieszczotka

A major, 2/4

Please

G major, 2/2

Po Balu

D major, 3/4

Po Naszemu Polka

G major, 2/4

Po Staremu

D major, 2/4

Pod Zielonym Dębem

D major, 2/4

Podhalanka Polka

D major, 2/4

Pognała Wołki

G major, 2/4

Pogotowie Polka

D major, 2/4

Polka Oficerska

D major, 2/4

Polka W Szafliku No.2

A major, 2/4

Polka Wrzbickiego

D major, 2/4

Polka Z Debowca

G major, 3/4

Pomaluśku Nawracaicie

D major, 3/4

Rach Ciach Ciach

A major, 2/4

Rain

G major, 2/2

Repasz Band

D major, 6/8

Repasz Band

D major, 6/8

Roll Along Prairie Moon

D major, 2/2

Rose Waltz

D major, 3/4

Rozalien-Polka

D major, 2/4

Roztargniony Walec

G major, 3/4

Secita-Polka

G major, 2/4

Sleepy Head

G major, 2/2

Słowik Polka

D major, 2/4

Słowik Polka

D major, 2/4

Smutna Dziewczyna

D major, 2/4

Smutna Dziewczyna Polka

D major, 2/4

Some Of These Days

E minor, 2/2

Some Of These Days

E minor, 2/2

Somebody Loves You

D major, 2/2

South Side Galop No. 1

G major, 2/4

Spary

C major, 2/4

Sporki Wojskowe

D major, 2/4

When It’s Springtime In The Rockies

D major, 3/4

Sprzedał Woły Na Yarmarku

D major, 3/4

Sweet Bunch Of Daisies

D major, 3/4

Sweethearts Waltz

D major, 3/4

Szewska Polka

D major, 2/4

Szła Cyganka Dolinką

D major, 2/4

Take Me In Your Arms

D major, 2/2

Thanks

G major, 2/2

The Man On The Flying Trapeze

G major, 3/4

The Missouri Waltz

D major, 3/4

The Old Spinning Wheel

G major, 2/2

They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree

G major, 2/2

Tir-Ri-Um Tum Mazurka

A major, 3/4

Trink, Trink, Brüderlein Trink

D major, 3/4

Troszke Mi Sie Chciało

G major, 3/4

Two Buck Tim From Timbuctoo

C major, 2/2

U Mojego Wuja

D major, 2/4

V. E. No. 94 Fragment

G major, 3/4

Virginia Reel

D major, 2/4

W Szafliku Polka No. 1

D major, 2/4

W. Szafliku-Polka No. 1

D major, 2/4

Wabash Blues

A major, 4/4

Walczyki Ludowe No. 1

A major, 3/4

Wanda Polka

G major, 2/4

We Just Couldn’t Say Good-bye

G major, 2/2

Wesele U Witosa

D major, 2/4

Wesele U Witosa

D major, 2/4

Wesole Wesele

A major, 3/4

Wesoly Goral

D major, 2/4

Wesoly Góral Mazur

D major, 3/4

Wesoły Oberek

G major, 3/4

Wesoły Pijak

D major, 3/8

West Wind

D major, 2/4

Whose Honey Are You?

C major, 2/2

Widzialaś Diewczyno Ten Kamień Nad Woda

D major, 2/4

Wieczorna Polka

G major, 2/4

Wieczorne Dzwony Walc

G major, 3/4

Wilczek Polka

D major, 2/4

Wiosna - Mazurka

A minor, 3/4

Wir Gehen Nach Lindenau

D major, 2/2

With My Eyes Wide Open I’m Dreaming

D major, 2/2

Wiwat Oberek

G major, 3/8

Wlesie Polka

D major, 2/4

Wodne Lilie Walec

D major, 3/4

Wojenko Wejenko

G major, 2/4

Wszystkie Sie Pola Zazielenily

A major, 3/4

Yankee Waltz

G major, 3/4

You Are My Sunshine

G major, 2/2

You Call It Madness But I Call It Love

G major, 2/2

You’re Telling Me

D major, 2/2

Z Góry Marcina

D major, 2/4

Z Małopolski

D major, 3/4

Za Lasem Oberek

A major, 3/4

Zawierucha - Mazur

A major, 3/4

Zegnal Goral Goralke

G major, 2/4

Żegnam Cie - Walc

D major, 3/4

Z Wielkiej Polski

D major, 3/8

Zyd w Beczce, Polka

G major, 2/4

Zytniowka - Polka

A major, 2/4

Zywiej, Zywiej, moja Dziewczyno Polka

G major, 2/4