Assertion: english concertina | /r/CapableOf | make rapid strides
Facets:
value: notwithstanding the prejudice
type: OTHER
value: especially
type: MANNER
value: in the favour of amateurs
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: To the Editor, Sir,—The musical season now terminating has presented the concert-loving portion of the public with a larger admixture of Concertina performances than usual, wherefore I trust that a remark of mine on the peculiarities of this instrument will be acceptable to some of your readers, especially as the English Concertina is making rapid strides in the favour of amateurs, notwithstanding the prejudice occasioned by the imperfections of its cousin-German.