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I did find a Jeffries Duet to add to the family. It's a 58b centered on Bb with the same range as my 66b Crane ... actually it has F#2 which the 66b doesn't have! I started playing around with it last night and it was interesting to find that it fingers a lot like the push on my Chemnitzer. Though, I can see that if you were more entrenched in Anglo than I am, you would certainly be asking where the pull notes were. The low end is quite amazing in its responsiveness (F2 - C3) and it and the Crabb 57b (1907) have a very similar voice. I think this will be a fun addition!

Found one!

Down to C on the Right is nice. My 55 only goes down to G and it is a bit limiting.

Thank you, Jim. I was looking at a couple of layouts and it's not that random ... certainly no more so than a Bandoneon or Chemnitzer.

Thanks, Wunks! Sounds similar to looking for Cranes with the desired low notes ... actually almost any Duet, right? Are Jeffries Duets fairly standard to a point before they begin varying ... similar to the base 55 key Crane vs larger ones?

Made my c.net donation. Thank you, Paul!

How near are you to Auckland? Dirge (David Gardiner?) is a long-time Maccann player and a Kiwi. If you're near him, he could certainly tell you what it needs and might be worth. You might try to post a message to him to see ... use the message envelope in the upper right corner beside your logged-in name.

That would fit nicely between my Lachenal and Crabb Maccans, Wolf.

I’m looking to add a Jeffries Duet to the family, preferably based around C ... is that the way to catagorize them?

Gary's new book, "Sailor Songs for Concertina" showed up in my mail box yesterday. It's GREAT ... and a perfect add-on to his Pirate Songs book. I'm an unabashed fan of Gary's books since I started attempting the Anglo, primarily because provides a clear rendition of dots and chords. The tabs are useful to see some accompaniment rhythm but they confuse me, I'll admit. So I played through a few item last night on the Tedrow Harley and then again on one of the Cranes ... that's what I really like about Gary's books, they're clear enough ... and it could just be the size of the print on these eyes ... that you can just pick up and play. Well done, Gary!

This is the layout, Wolf.

I've added a Crabb miniature EC to my family of Crabb Concertinas. #10169, it's somewhere in the 1947 - 1950 range ... without the benefit of having asked Geoff Crabb to verify it.

Dirge always spoke highly of the 72b size of Maccann.

That is a lovely Crane, Little John. I followed it on Alex's Pinterest feed but to see it all at once and read you description of it makes it that much better! Thank you! And thank you, Alex, for bringing another Crane into the world!