Howdy folks:

Just noticed a 64 Key Wheatstone Aeola (serial Number 29649) listed at present on Ebay.

Can anyone clue me into the range of this instrument.
Does it only go way up into bird call land above the range of a standard 48 key aeola of does it also have a range that will take the player below G below middle C?

Any other comments about this instrument would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Perry Werner

Hi, Perry

While I am no expert, I recently had the pleasure of playing a similar instrument, slightly earlier in date, with what I assume is the same range as the one on ebay, since in the Wheatstone ledger, both have the 19A identifier. This, I believe, would identify the concertina as an extended tenor-treble. That means that it has the tenor treble range from the C below middle C to the C four octaves above, plus an additional 4 natural notes above this range, with their associated accidentals. Hence the 8 keys more than the usual 56-key tenor-treble concertina.

Hope this helps.

Tom Ryan

That's right. I also have a 19A, from 1931. 64 buttons, tenor-treble. The range is 4½ octaves, with a low note of C below middle C, so it extends both half an octave below the standard treble and half an octave above, as Tom describes.

My old Wheatstone price lists don't mention A, B, or C, but list model 19 as a 56-button tenor-treble. So 19A is a variant 19, extended upward.

Hello All,

This is a bit off-topic, but related.

Is there an existing thread or other explanation on this site or elsewhere that explains the columns, designations, and abbreviations in the Wheatstone ledgers?

If so, please note the source and I will proceed there.

If not, will someone, please explain, describe, define (whatever the correct term is) the meaning of the designations and abbreviations, e.g., the SV, WS on this concertina and numerous others throughout the ledger.

Thanks.

Be Well,

Dan