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  1. There was a member who had a beautiful 6 over 6 lachenal 24 key that just sold. I think the seller still has a 20 key for sale http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19185 Also a 26 key lachenal from another member. http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19171 Neither are wheatstones, however both are at the lower end of your budget and from respected members of this forum
  2. This one again http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/C-Jeffries-30-2-key-Anglo-system-antique-Concertina-/182384436470?hash=item2a76f5a4f6:i:182384436470
  3. So much potential. I hope this finds its way into the hands of Cormac Begley.
  4. With a wheatstone layout you can play Bb chords and Bb scales, however its much easier on a C#/G# box, sometimes referred to as an Eb concertina
  5. The chord chart I have been using illustrates your point perfectly Steven anglo concertina chords.
  6. Button Box has a Lachenal new model baritone. The exchange rate is pretty bad though. http://www.buttonbox.com/concertinas-in-stock.html#english
  7. That is actually pretty close to the drawing , Jody. In the drawing, the concertina end is set to the right of the banjo so that 1/4 of the instrument is overlapping the concertina and there is access to all 24 buttons, as it is the end of an English. I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he ordered half an Edeaphone from Lachenal rather than tearing apart such a beautiful instrument (the horror!) even though there is no evidence to support my claim. At least it was for laughs.
  8. I should have noted that the pertinent information is on p. 150-151 of the book that I linked too. Thanks again Steven. My skills at links need some serious attention. Here are the concertina related parts. Probably there is not one genuine Londoner, and only a few visitors in London, who have not at one time or another seen and heard a man at the street corner extracting music (and very good music too, of its kind) out of what to all appearances a common tin coffee pot…But I soon saw that I must be able to vary my entertainment a bit, so I set my brain on a voyage of discovery, and very soon I invented and manufactured my ‘musical teapot.’ Thats an instrument no one has yet been able to find the secret of. Of course a great many know that it is one end of an English concertina fixed in the lid of the teapot, and that the air is supplied from the mouth: and many have tried to make it, but have failed in one particular…Why, when making it, they all forget that breath makes things damp, and that when the reeds of a concertina are damp, they won’t produce any sound… so I put an absorbent into my teapot… But one of my great achievements is the Liskaphone. This is a combination of banjo and English concertina. The air is played on the concertina part, the players lungs supplying the wind, while the accompaniment is played on the banjo. In the drawing it looks like he cannibalized an Edeophone and attached it to a banjo.
  9. OOps, Thanks Steven, and yes the seller has 4 concertinas listed, including a rare stretched hexagonal lachenal 56 key, 2 Jeffries, and the wheatstone.
  10. Another, these all seem very suspicious. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wheatstone-Lachenal-English-Concertina-/142177420646?hash=item211a6f4566:g:HesAAOSw5cNYJvlW http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wheatstone-concertina-Aola-squeeze-box/142177420855?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D5fb0cd79082449c180026c07c12e9414%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D142177420646 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wheatstone-concertina-Aola-squeeze-box/142177420855?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D5fb0cd79082449c180026c07c12e9414%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D142177420646 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wheatstone-concertina-Aola-squeeze-box/142177420855?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38530%26meid%3D5fb0cd79082449c180026c07c12e9414%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D3%26sd%3D142177420646
  11. I have been researching an oddball clown/vaudville instrument that I am going to attempt to construct. It is basically a tin coffeepot with a whistle soldered inside. Anyway, an acquaintance who I am working with emailed me a pertinent article and I stumbled upon what appears to be a (crudely) drawn concertina/banjo hybrid with a brief description https://books.google.com/books?id=rqwaAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA150&lpg=RA1-PA150&dq=%22tin+whistle%22+coffee+pot&source=bl&ots=5aJWZYOJK2&sig=KkcGybdNPUKwRbArLHUigjKqYyQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZyfi1wZ_QAhWq4IMKHcMMAUIQ6AEIQTAK#v=onepage&q&f=false He also describes a musical teapot that was some sort of concertina reeded clown instrument.
  12. I'd say sound, but I started as a singer. I actually like the sound of my brass-reeded concertina better than my steel-reeded one. That likely has as much to do with the layout of the reed pan as the material used. The brass-reeded box has a radial layout, whereas the steel-reeded box has a parallel reed pan. I also find the brass-reeded instrument easier to sing with. I can be a little more nuanced and relaxed with my vocals.
  13. I am guessing that the peak period boxes still fetch a tidy sum. I think that the new model lachenal you have, for example, would likely find a buyer. I see that the button box has a couple of new model lachenals for sale at the moment, including a baritone and a 56 key. I don't know if that helps for your price point.
  14. This particular one is very handsome. The wood graining effect would have likely been done on early tinware with asphaltum/varnish in two coats. On this tin it is executed very nicely, however I cannot tell from the pictures whether or not it is paint.
  15. On season 2 episode 15 of IZombie at 15:25 one Dr. Benway (any William S Burroughs fans?), now waiting tables at a pirate themed establishment, is seen playing a hohner d-40 concertina while singing a birthday song to one of the patrons.
  16. per 31529 Brittania model: Do you think they were using high quality tin plate? i.e. a very thin sheet of iron/steel with a thicker than usual coating of tin OR was it something else entirely. second question: Do you believe this material contributed to the tone you described?
  17. Has anyone seen video of a clown playing a tin coffeepot? Slightly off-topic, however I would greatly appreciate any info. It would have been part of an act like this.
  18. Horniman ledgers put it at 1924? http://www.horniman.info/DKNSARC/SD02/PAGES/D2P0200S.HTM
  19. UGGH! Again with this one. Greg Jowaisas, I believe, said this jeffries is safely in his shop. I am sure he is probably sick of hearing about it. http://www.ebay.com/itm/C-Jeffries-30-2-key-Anglo-system-antique-Concertina-/131927050191?hash=item1eb77707cf:g:EUQAAOSwMgdXybsv
  20. Thanks Greg, I guess I am looking for something a little bit nicer than the Ebay bellows. I really love the instrument and plan on keeping it for as long as I can play it, so while I know I will probably never get what I put into it, I would like to make it sound and feel its best. Dana, The concertina is dated 1901and the bellows are original. They exhibit the aforementioned scuffing and I had heard from others that the Tidders used sheep hide, which is why I want to use it. The concertina sat for decades with little to no use, in a box I presume. While the bellows looked OK and were salvageable, after a year of learning the instrument and lots of practice, they are falling apart. Leather can get really brittle when it is neglected for so long. As Greg mentioned, the abundant gusset material is also prone to pin holes and splitting along the folds. And truth be told, I had a fairly disastrous go at repairing a few air-leaks. I don't think I made them any worse but its not pretty.
  21. I am currently looking at options for replacing a set of bellows and was wondering if anyone out there would be willing to make a set in sheepskin or a combination of sheep and goat hide, i.e. the end-runs and outer (peak?) folds in goat hide and the rest in sheep hide. The originals are sheep hide and I would like the replacement set to be as well, however it was suggested to me that the areas that get the most friction should be goat leather for its abrasion resistance. I seem to remember reading in another post that there are abrasion resistant types of sheep hide as well? Thanks
  22. Will, thats the Wheatstone ledger. I believe lachenals are a bit trickier to accurately date, however some members here have devised equations to do so. The fret-work may give you some details, as it (i believe) is unique to 32 button anglo's. Perhaps a good place to start for dating it would be to find out when: 1. lachenal started making the 32 buttons, which I believe originally had novelty sounds for the extra buttons 2. lachenal started making D/G's 3. looking at the note stampings on the reeds to see if the instrument was always a D/G or re-tuned to D/G. Best of luck
  23. maybe some speaker foam with the original baffles?
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