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Ian Chandler

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  1. First off, if it's ALL there, there'll be a small paper label visible from outside on the bass side with it on (the treble side has the Lachenal sticker in the equivalent place). If not, you'll have to take it apart. The serial number is stamped into the wood of both reed pans and the bellows. :-) Ian
  2. Hi. I recently bought an old Lachenal 20-button concertina for restoration. It's a pretty standard instrument, serial number 61859, but underneath the bass side reed pan is a paper sticker saying "J. Bellingham * Music Warehouse * Bentham". beneath that, handwritten, is the date 11.3.85 and a number - either 10 or 70. I know that the current datings for Lachenal anglos is based on 5 known dates. This appears to disagree with one of them, though it makes more sense of the existing "curve". I'm wondering if the 1895 date for No. 51480 could possibly be wrong (I note that Wes Williams has this number starting the year 1890). Any ideas? Thanks Ian Chandler
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