conzertino Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Have a look at this one: http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/philip-serrell/catalogue-id-srph10026/lot-1ddaad63-4079-42af-a82c-a6a600d9ee11 To me it looks like a Maccann bass!? I have never seen one like it before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) Certainly plausible, I would think -- the big stretched-hexagon Lachenal Maccanns usually have a much large number of buttons in my experience. This looks like it may be, what, a 55-ish? If so, I wonder if it goes as low as a G-bass? Edited October 23, 2016 by StuartEstell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) To me it looks like a Maccann bass!? I have never seen one like it before! Though certainly exceedingly rare, it wouldn't be altogether unheard of either since the very first entry in the Wheatstone ledger for numbers 25000 - 29749 (1910 - 1923) is for #25000, on June 3rd 1910, a "Duet Bass, 39 Key, Sqr. Black" with no model number. However, the fretcutting of the metal ends seems to have been very crudely executed, their plating looks very rough, and they lack any Lachenal markings, so I'd doubt their originality. In fact I'm wondering if the ends might have been made in order to reduce the number of buttons/levers/reeds to save weight, and have only a few more buttons than the (same owner's?) small Maccann that's the subsequent lot in this auction... (I've recently heard of a 49-key Jeffries being similarly reduced to 31 keys, with new ends.) So I'd very strongly suspect this one isn't a bass at all, and it's probably a standard instrument that has had its compass reduced to make it easier to handle. Edited October 23, 2016 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene S. Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Certainly plausible, I would think -- the big stretched-hexagon Lachenal Maccanns usually have a much large number of buttons in my experience. This looks like it may be, what, a 55-ish? If so, I wonder if it goes as low as a G-bass? 55 buttons in total. Not clear if there is an air button or not as the photographs aren't that helpfully taken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzertino Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Talking about big Maccanns: this one seems to be a bargain: http://phoenix-az.americanlisted.com/music-instruments/concertina/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Talking about big Maccanns: this one seems to be a bargain: http://phoenix-az.americanlisted.com/music-instruments/concertina/ That advert is a curious combination of a very professional-looking photo, and a description that doesn't seem to tally with the instrument it shows. In fact it appears to be a lot more like the 1962 one you showed me, and sold in May 2011, than one that was made in 1924. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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