[Chas11H]

67 button 8 bellow Wheatstone Concertina for sale.
Serial No. 37000. Chrome buttons and frets.
Good working order with the original (rather tired) leather box.
Offers. E-mail chas-chashall@orange.fr for pictures or skype me for a demo.

This is one of two concertinas I inherited from my late fathers collection of 8 Wheatstones.
The smallest being about 100mm hexagonal with I would think 2 octaves and the largest was a monster
of 100+ buttons.

Unfortunately I did not inherit his ability to make them talk. His favoured music was Sousa marches
but the "Lost Chord" was his special piece. He was self taught and could play by ear. You whistle it and he would play it.
The Beatles, Jazz and R & R was not beyond his compass and I have yet to hear anyone on any recording or website
who could hold a candle to him.

It is quite remarkable the versatility of these instruments in the hands of an expert. To hear "Bells of St Mary" played at full volume
with the concertina being swung in a circle at full arms length was something else.

I could go on..........

Regards, Chas Hall. Merignac, France.

PS. I will make the appropriate donation if it is sold through this forum.

[Chris Drinkwater]

Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect?

Chris

[lawton_dave]

Hi Chas... any pictures? This will help us tell what you have there....
Dave

[Chas11H]

Chris Drinkwater, on May 11 2009, 06:35 PM, said:

Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect?

Chris

Thanks Chris,
my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!!

Regards. Chas

[Chas11H]

lawton_dave, on May 11 2009, 08:42 PM, said:

Hi Chas... any pictures? This will help us tell what you have there....
Dave

Hi Dave,
how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens.
Regards Chas.

[PeterT]

Chas11H, on May 12 2009, 08:48 AM, said:

Chris Drinkwater, on May 11 2009, 06:35 PM, said:

Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect?

Chris

Thanks Chris,
my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!!

Regards. Chas

No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet.

[Chris Drinkwater]

PeterT, on May 12 2009, 09:15 AM, said:

Chas11H, on May 12 2009, 08:48 AM, said:

Chris Drinkwater, on May 11 2009, 06:35 PM, said:

Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect?

Chris

Thanks Chris,
my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!!

Regards. Chas

No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet.

That makes sense!

Chris

[Chas11H]

PeterT, on May 12 2009, 03:15 AM, said:

Chas11H, on May 12 2009, 08:48 AM, said:

Chris Drinkwater, on May 11 2009, 06:35 PM, said:

Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect?

Chris

Thanks Chris,
my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!!

Regards. Chas

No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet.

Thanks again Chris.
I have now found its archive entry. 31st July 1925
Who goes to all the trouble to collate all the information.
I had no idea concertinas were so highly regarded.
My Dad would have loved all this.
Regards again, Chas

[marien]

Chas11H, on May 12 2009, 03:54 AM, said:

how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens.
Regards Chas.

1. Create a reply
2. Browse the picture files first, then upload
3. after the pictures have been uploaded put the cursor in the message where you want to have the picture.
4. click on "Manage Current Attachments"
and the rest is a piece of cake (if I remember well).

[Chas11H]

marien, on May 18 2009, 05:34 PM, said:

Chas11H, on May 12 2009, 03:54 AM, said:

how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens.
Regards Chas.

1. Create a reply
2. Browse the picture files first, then upload
3. after the pictures have been uploaded put the cursor in the message where you want to have the picture.
4. click on "Manage Current Attachments"
and the rest is a piece of cake (if I remember well).

Thanks Marien,
I shall try it now.!!!
Regards, Chas

I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)

[PeterT]

Chas11H, on May 19 2009, 09:07 AM, said:

I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)

Hi Chas,

My turn into bat.

Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload.

(1) Browse for first photo.
(2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1).
(3) Repeat for any further photos.

On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!).

As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago.

Good luck!
Peter.

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[Paul Read]

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 06:12 AM, said:

Chas11H, on May 19 2009, 09:07 AM, said:

I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)

Hi Chas,

My turn into bat.

Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload.

(1) Browse for first photo.
(2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1).
(3) Repeat for any further photos.

On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!).

As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago.

Good luck!
Peter.

So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?

[PeterT]

Paul Read, on May 19 2009, 11:51 AM, said:

So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?

Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads.

[marien]

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 06:53 AM, said:

Paul Read, on May 19 2009, 11:51 AM, said:

So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?

Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads.

Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger?

[Theo]

marien, on May 19 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 06:53 AM, said:

Paul Read, on May 19 2009, 11:51 AM, said:

So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?

Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads.

Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger?

No, same size as for English roads, but fitted with midge bars.

[drbones]

Theo, on May 19 2009, 10:33 AM, said:

marien, on May 19 2009, 01:06 PM, said:

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 06:53 AM, said:

Paul Read, on May 19 2009, 11:51 AM, said:

So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?

Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads.

Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger?

No, same size as for English roads, but fitted with midge bars.

And a full bar under the bonnet.

[Chas11H]

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 05:12 AM, said:

Chas11H, on May 19 2009, 09:07 AM, said:

I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)

Hi Chas,

My turn into bat.

Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload.

(1) Browse for first photo.
(2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1).
(3) Repeat for any further photos.

On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!).

As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago.

Good luck!
Peter.

Thanks Peter, I will try again when I have a couple of hours to spare.

By the way, how ever did we get from concertinas to hummers with midge bars ???
Regards, Chas.

[Patrick King]

Chas11H, on May 20 2009, 07:28 AM, said:

PeterT, on May 19 2009, 05:12 AM, said:

Chas11H, on May 19 2009, 09:07 AM, said:

I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)

Hi Chas,

My turn into bat.

Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload.

(1) Browse for first photo.
(2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1).
(3) Repeat for any further photos.

On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!).

As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago.

Good luck!
Peter.

Thanks Peter, I will try again when I have a couple of hours to spare.

By the way, how ever did we get from concertinas to hummers with midge bars ???
Regards, Chas.

Yes, Chas, I wondered how we did.
Pretty funny though. Always time for a good joke or 2.
You should see pictures of vehicles they used in WWI and WWII. They look like those old fashioned cars at Car shows.

Regards,
Patrick

P.S. I wish I had the skill of being able to make jokes like those 'hummers' up, but I can usually make some good ones up.