fiddler2007 Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) I am selling my Treble Crabb English concertina, serial 18081, as i don't play it so often anymore. I bought it new around 1966 from H. Crabb himself. in those days he offered aluminum sides instead of the fancy cutted chrome ones at a slightly lower price, nevertheless the sound is still fabulous and tuning is fine. All reeds, leathers etc. are too, with no rust on reeds or mold and the instrument is not leaky, just as Mr Crabb told me then it would be for at least 20 years to come if i kept it away from moist, cleaned the bellow folds at times, and warm it up coming in from the cold especially, to avoid condense settling on the reeds etc. before playing. In the past i took it to gigs and used in theater circumstances, so it shows some signs of wear, but no damages apart from light scratches etc. I'm looking for a fair price offer, and then maybe a deal. PS the original case is present, in good condition, but has stickers on it. Location The Hague, Netherlands. Edited May 9, 2017 by fiddler2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samper Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Pmd you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddler2007 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Meanwhile i sold it, but it got 'lost' during transport by either Postnl, or DPD France or some company in France called Chronopost. I consider it as stolen. The theft set buyer and me back quite a bit . The serial is 18081. If any one knows where it is, please PM me or mail me privately at jackd_123 - AT - Mail - dot - com. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I consider this news both sad for the parties involved and disturbing regarding future transactions for anyone. Let's however hope the instrument will eventually turn up again. Best wishes - ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Oh yes Wolf, this is very unfortunate indeed. Many of us have sent and received concertinas through the postal services, not just for selling and buying but sending for repair too. I have used Chronopost in France and never had a problem but always when sending an item across borders there appears to be a black hole that the tracking system disappears into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Geoff Wooff said: but always when sending an item across borders there appears to be a black hole that the tracking system disappears into. Geoff, my experiences vary - with Royal Mail (?) / UPS (shipped by Chris Algar) everything worked out incredibly fine and transparent right up to the point where the parcel had (actually overnight) reached the local subsiduary (of UPS), only to have fake "attempts" of delivery and more annoying things from then on, where as Royal Mail "Global Priority" / Parcel Force / GLS turned out to be horrible in the middle part (which was in the hands of Parcel Force I reckon): no advances visible for almost a week (on the next day I would have started an inquiry, all the more as "live tracking" failed to provide valid informations too). Always sort of a nail-biter, but now even more so... ? Best wishes - ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Wolf, I agree it is always a nail-biter at some stage. During the first years of the 'banking de-regulation' which affected, more importantly, the insurance industry , I had to send expensive new instruments to far off places without insurance cover because the courrier companies were not allowed to supply that service any more. Unless I organised a business insurance which would cover me for any eventuality... of course at a huge expense. Sending a € 15,000 set of Uilleann Pipes to Japan without parcel insurance was some frightfull experience!! These days I insist my customers collect their instruments . My current concertinas were collected or delivered by hand and I don't want to ever send them as they are close to 'status unobtainium'. I do hope Fiddler2007 gets some resolution to the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) It looks similar to this? Same serial number! Email sent. https://www.ebay.com/itm/H-Crabb-Son-Treble-Crabb-1966-English-concertina-/323620861834?nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2349624.m43663.l44720#vi__app-cvip-panel Edited March 13, 2019 by Tiposx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) I just looked at that Ebay link and found the sale is ended with this note: PLEASE NOTE: SALE IS TEMPORARY ON HOLD, awaiting a financial transaction from a buyer promising to pay within that period, until 02 JANUARI 2019. email me via paypal or ebay, if you have made any payments; i will refund ASAP. The item location is shown as: s-Gravenhage, Netherlands Edited March 13, 2019 by John Wild extra detail added Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 exactly the same pics, for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saguaro_squeezer Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I've been the luckiest with UPS and Fedex, but UPS seems to be able to track across borders more easily. Your experiences, of course, may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprunghub Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I think that Ebay listing is 'fiddler2007' sale as mentioned in his post at 08.40am yesterday, not the re-sale of his lost/stolen instrument ? ( so not sinister in the context of the thread ) unless corrected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddler2007 Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) Lol, that was my original selling ad ... thanks, see the stolen instruments page, it was just put there by Paul. Edited March 17, 2019 by fiddler2007 added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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