gavdav
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Selling here, hopefully rather than sending eBay wards...
A 30 key Tedrow Standard in C/G with wooden ends, delrin buttons, six fold leather bellows with lachenal fancy papers. It has a great concertina sound despite the accordion style reeds, and a tremendously fast action. was £1200 reduced to £1000 for quick sale, plus postage at cost
Would suit a player looking to upgrade from a lachenal or starter instrument or similar.
In stunning condition. Cased in standard modern square concertina hard case.
Photos now added more information as required, local or travelling players are welcome to test drive. I'd prefer to sell in the UK due to the complexities and anguish of shipping.
thanks
Gav
(please note Edgley has sold, am unable to edit thread title!)
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I am awaiting more info plus pics if possible from the seller on this one .
Looks like a EC Stagi A18 , but i may well be wrong.
Mike
I was going to suggest that it was a modern miniature english - either Stagi or chinese made (more likely) but not sure.
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Last year I bought from canada a near new Edgely profesional C/G for around 1K.That would seem like a fair price for something similar in G/D.
Me too, sadly the dollar has shifted somewhat against the pound - I bought a G/D Edgley and a C/G Tedrow at bargain basement prices when the dollar was 2:1 last year, these days prices are substantially more...
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I'm looking into purchasing either an Edgley or a Tedrow concertina, but I'm not sure which one. The only concertina I've ever played or heard in person is a Rochelle, so I really have no idea about the subtle differences of these instruments.
Any suggestions or tips would be helpful. Any information would be great (i.e. differences in sound or response or what music they're best suited for playing).
I have a C/G Tedrow Standard and a G/D Edgley Professional - both are excellent, both would make anyone happy for the money and they both have their pros and cons. Both vary a little from the standard "traditional design" - hex bolts on the tedrow and unusual, but ergonomic handles, and generally traditional looks on the edgley but with off centre screws. Both are individual maker's attempts to improve on things - I find the hex bolts great for the very occasional tinkering I've had to do.
The Tedrow is lighter, but then the reeds are smaller and it is wooden ended. As a result it feels a little quicker, but it is only a six fold bellows, whereas the Edgely is a seven fold and comes in more handy for singing.
In general either box would be better than a bog standard lachenal in terms of developing your own playing.
Morse's are also great, and very fast and very light, though having had a reed foul on one of my boxes I had an easy repair that would have been harder with waxed in reeds. Norman's are good too, but harder to find examples of.
If you ahve any specific comparison questions, send me a private message and I'll try and answer.
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Gavin,it's no coincidence that many top English style players use 38 key instruments..................also many aspiring players also prefer 38 keys.My experience and so my advice is to go for more keys not less.More equals more choice of how you play a tune.........and I'm talking here about more giving you more keys in the reverse bellows direction rather than more accidentals .
I'm thinking that a man of your great musical ability..............your new CD is wonderful !! .........will always be wanting to experiment with how a tune can be played and 28 keys is going will eventually limit you.
Robin
<blush> well, thanks
I'm only really interested as Bb/F and Ab/Eb boxes are currently available in 26 key configs, which are lovely for singing for me, as well as the fact I can *afford* a 26 key Ab Jeffries, but not a 40 key one
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Gav, here's what my Jeffries looks like:
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/29469...102727105WjVOfs
{ Thanks to Dave Prebble for the photo. }
Cheers
Dick
Intersting - so there are three empty reed chambers. hmm.
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well seeing as It is possible to play irish music on a 26 key,after all who use the top three buttons on the right hand side,the really squeaky ones.This ebay listing shows what Chris Algar thinks they might be worth, so far no buyers have agreed!I reckon 26 keys concertina[if it doesnt need any repair] at that price is worth it.verey soon people will be copping on to 26 keys and they will become a lot more expensive.
in fact if Ihad tthe money Iwould buy it myself
Not bad, but I'd expect a 30 key lachenal to not be much more in the mahogany configuration, whilst put off by the inordinately high price I was more tempted by this.
http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/produ...roducts_id/4219
Played it and loved it, but a lot of bread for a 26 key jones.
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The seller purports to have received offers in the excess of $1,500.00 for this relic. Does anyone have a ballpark figure how much it will cost to rebuild this concertina cf. "Phoenix" Crabb ie. "that it may rise from the dust of the ages like that fabled bird from Egypt"?. My personal guess would be ...$2,500 at least.....
I think somewhat less than that to restore - new bellows are available from about $300 unless you want to go down a perfect replica route, the rest isn't likely to run to 2k, though as bidding has now passed the $2500 mark, the question of good value is certainly valid!!!
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Hi folks. I've recently come across a couple of 26 key boxes, which whilst obviously slightly restrictive were nonetheless excellent. Does anyone have any idea what are "fair" prices for these? One was a Jeffries, the other a Jones.
On another line, given that some 26 key boxes clearly use uncut endplates from 30 key instruments can they be extended? What, for example does a 26 key jeffries reedpan look like.
Idle curiosity.
cheers
Gav
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Not sure what state it is in - reed shoes look like they are popping out of the boards which may be warped.
I'd be more concerned that the photo of them appears to have been taken through a big hole in the bellows...
But what do you think of it? Crabb, Jeffries copy?
I'd say Crabb, 1890ish. Apart from being a ) 26 key and b ) in terrible condition, it's a ringer for the 30 key 1890 Bb/F I sold to Greg Jowaisas. Geoff told me that Crabb were making Jeffries endplates and other parts at this time anyway, hence the similarities. As previously mentioned the right hand cartouche/uncut fretwork suggests Crabb.
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The cartouche in particular in the rh fretwork says "Crabb" to me. So does the rest.
Greg
I'd totally agree. Looks to me like late 19th century Crabb endplates. Certainly not very Wheatstone. Not sure what state it is in - reed shoes look like they are popping out of the boards which may be warped.
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I have a bongo gig-bag that is quite nice, although not a lot of protection. It seems the soft cases are more convenient, while compromising on protection. Re the inquiry by the OP on convenience, I generally go to a gig with as many instruments slung over my shoulders as I care to lug, so double cases are a godsend. I'm currently seeking a luggage trunk to pull upon a wheeled carrier--I figure I can load a couple of guitars and banjos into it in addition to small instruments, mics, stands, etc.
the bonus with the bag I bought is that the two single hard cases fit inside snugly, don't move about and you effectively then have a double hard case with a canvas outer and shoulder straps.
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Though I'm guessing this is a long dead thread, I thought I'd share my discovery of the day - I have now acquired a G/D and a C/G and want to be able to cart both about with me to sessions. Having looked into various double case options they all seemed a little prohibitive price-wise. I took a bit of a risk on a double bass drum pedal bag off ebay, and having now received it it is a perfect fit for my two hard cases - like a glove and means the two seperate cases zip together into a single unit. I imagine you can pick one of these up for about $20-30.
The weight of two hard cases may be marginally more than that of a custom double but I'm really happy with the flexibility of just zipping a box shaped bag around the two cases. And I don't have two spare cases kicking about...
the bag I bought was this one, thought there may be a number of other options if you search for double pedal case or bongo case.
hope it helps someone.
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thanks guys. My post was from 2004 - thankfully I've acquired a concertina (or two, hopefully) since then.
thanks anyhow.
Gav
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Just in case no one has tumbled onto this one yet:
yikes. blast from the past, that is either the dead ringer (and a pretty rare one) for the first box I ever bought, or the very one. Wish I still owned it, and you wouldn't believe what I originally paid... sob...
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By the way there's not much on the net about Koot Brits concertinas... I'm curious about them. How do they compare with other concertinas? Is it in the same leagues as a Lachenal?
I had the chance to play the listed instrument when I was in Canada recently - far better than just about any lachenal I've ever played. Nice, solid action and a good sound. Certainly I've played some wheatstones that were no better. aesthetics are personal taste.
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Hmm.
Out of curiousity, what was well priced C/G and what similar prices for G/Ds have been offered here?
I guess I missed a few. I'm not in the market, but would be nice to know what ballparks are there? If you don't mind.
For accordion reeded boxes by well known makers I'm looking around the $1400-$1800 mark, however I've undoubtedly benefitted from the weak US dollar.
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Why don't you order a G/D from the modern makers?
It'll probably take you as much time to "find" one, and five times more to find "affordable" one, if ever. If you're back to Anglo "big" time, what's stopping you?
Simply that the second hand market is cheaper than the new market! ...and having bought a well priced C/G on here recently and seen similar G/Ds over the past few months thought it was worth asking...
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I have a 38-button G/D Crabb, made in 1924 by Henry Crabb. However you might not consider it "affordable" as I'm looking for offers above £3500 for it.
Let me know if you might be interested.
It sounds like a great box, however, significantly above my price bracket, and undoubtedly an instrument I'd struggle to do justice to!
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Well, I'm back into anglo playing in a big way and am looking for an affordable G/D box for session playing. I would prefer to pay by paypal, due to sticking it on my credit card! I'm based in the UK and am looking for something with a fast, solid action, so a lachenal is unlikely to suit. Happy with accordion reeds - Marcus, Tedrow, Morse, Edgley etc.
anyone have anything they need to part with?
Cheers
Gav
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Like new 3 year old Tedrow Standard with HSC. Perfect. Prefer PayPal. Seller will pay shipping CONUS.
PM sent
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as title suggests. I'm UK based but looking for a playable box with a nice action for duets with G/C diatonic accordion. I have a good quality Crabb on loan but would liek something of my own for takign out. Recently played Morse and Marcus boxes and previously tried all the others. If anyone has anyhting to offer, regardless of location please drop me a personal mesage or reply here.
many thanks
Gav
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apologies to all those who tried to email me over this - I thought I'd got zero response, then checked the email account to which my mail is actually forwarded. <cue embarrassment>
For those who enquired, the box is still available, and those wishing to contact me should use the following address
gavindavenport@argonaut-sheffield.com
I'll take photos this weekend and forward them to those who enquired.
all the best
Gavin
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forgot to say: I'd also consider takign a good quality accordion reeded concertina in part exchange against this if someone is looking to upgrade. C/G preferably but G/D considered. e.g. Marcus, norman, tedrow, etc.
Edgley G/D and Tedrow C/G for sale UK
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hopefully edited to add (slighty blurry) pics ?? not sure how it all works!