Bill Crossland
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Now sold to a Cnetter, thanks and contribution to the site to be made
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I have just put these on ebay but if anyone from this forum is interested in them, please PM me. 119 reeds.
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I showed the action picture to Neil Wayne and he had never seen one like it either.....
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Jeffries Reed pans are usually parallel, Lachenal radial.....
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I make lots of these for my restoration work and they work well. The burnt edges may not look as pristine as a stamped version, but at least the central hole is consistently central and I can cut 100 in about 5 minutes.... And it only takes 10 minutes to cut new wooden ends, but they take a lot longer to draw than a leather bead!
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Laser cutter......
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At the moment I'm helping Neil. His health is OK, but concentration is an issue..... I've pm'd the originator of this post to try and help out.....
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Aeola pin-hole on eBay.
Bill Crossland replied to Robin Harrison's topic in General Concertina Discussion
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And now two of these coming up in a Dutch Auction: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Symphonetta-music-instrument-2004-c-A72478B8DA?utm_source=alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inv_kwalert&utm_term=2 https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/Symphonetta-music-instrument-2003-c-E8E45C4925?utm_source=alerts&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inv_kwalert&utm_term=2
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Dating A Lachenal From The Serial Number
Bill Crossland replied to johnconstable's topic in Concertina History
From Dowright's previously quoted figures, this would date to around 1877 -
New Irish concertina music album “Ceolaire”
Bill Crossland replied to Hugh Healy's topic in Buy & Sell
Great music, beautifully delivered.... Thanks Hugh -
Dating A Lachenal From The Serial Number
Bill Crossland replied to johnconstable's topic in Concertina History
From Dowrights information in this thread, this Lachenal (not Wheatstone!) dates from around 1870 - 1875. Sometimes the first digit of the number is hidden behind the fretwork, so it could be 142759, which would be 1890's. You would need to have a better look at the number, which will also be stamped inside, to confirm. -
Lachenal Anglos made for the Salvation Army
Bill Crossland replied to richard's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Frequently Ab/Eb and old pitch. Quality good on those I've seen and worked on -
CP - chrome plated.....?
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Nickel Plated
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Dowright has an anglo attributed to 1883 with serial number 74693, so the anglo sequence doesn't fit....
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Maybe the value was in the provenance, owned by Douglas "Dougie" Gray (of whom I had never heard), but the other lots from his esoteric collection included a wrecked Double Bass which went for £11k on the hammer, bidders in Spain and the US driving the prices onwards and upwards. Dougie and his brother were comedians popular in the 60's said to have been, in part, inspiration for Monty Python...... https://www.sworder.co.uk/news/organised-chaos--items-from-the-estate-of-the-late-douglas-dougie-gray/?pc=3628
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From Dowright's previously published information, he has 51,799 dated as 1878 and 70,510 in 1882
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We currently use UPS for shipping both to the EU and the "Rest of the World". Prior to Jan 1st, VAT was payable on EU shipments, but not ROW. Their system has already changed so that VAT is not applied to EU shipments, so this shouldn't be a problem for you.
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Harmonium Reeds
Bill Crossland replied to Bill Crossland's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
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Harmonium Reeds
Bill Crossland replied to Bill Crossland's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
Thanks Dave. I wasn't thinking of fully sinking them in, maybe 2 - 3 mm, and the offset of the two reeds in each chamber would probably allow that in all but the really big reeds at the bottom end. The double action bass (baritone?) body that I have (the concertina, not me) had standard thickness reed pans (6.8mm). I just wondered whether there was any sonic advantage in sinking them in... Trial and error looks like the way forward! -
Harmonium Reeds
Bill Crossland replied to Bill Crossland's topic in Instrument Construction & Repair
Having made my first baritone anglo, I managed to find all the lower reeds I needed from a Wheatstone MacCann Duet (which was well past restoration) except for the low C. I have a good collection of French made harmonium reeds and used one to complete the anglo. The lowest octave of both reed types are all surface mount. I'm now moving on to the bass anglo which will use a lot more brass harmonium reeds, and wondered why surface mount was used, rather than sinking them into the reed pan as with the conventional dovetail reeds? It's a lot easier to make the reedpans for surface mount, that's for sure! The Alexandre reed frames I have are up to 5mm thick in the lower octave, and I have some bass Esteve reeds in 7mm frames. Surface mounting takes up a considerable volume of the air available in the chambers, sinking them into the reed pan would give more air in the same size chamber...... Would it improve the sound transmission as well? American made harmonium reeds tend to be very much thinner frames, comparable to standard treble concertina reeds, around 2mm deep. Howard's picture in this thread shows what appear to be European made reeds in a nice thin frame too..... Did frame size and weight add to the performance of the note? I assume, and am open to correction, that French made harmonium reeds were easily available and for the relatively low volumes of such reeds required, the London based concertina makers would find it easier to buy them in to use, rather than tool up to make them? I'd welcome any thoughts before finalising a design! -
Pipe tunes for the anglo
Bill Crossland replied to Michael Fairbairn's topic in General Concertina Discussion
Listen to Noel Hill's tune interpretations to hear the piping influences (from Willy Clancy and Seamus Ennis) in his playing -
Lachenal CA053 Anglo Concertina
Bill Crossland replied to Cardiff Pauly's topic in Concertina History
Dowright has already published a date of 1889 for an anglo numbered 106,253 and 1890 for 109,790, in his thread in this forum. He would probably appreciate a better description of the instrument for his records