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Good evening Stefan, I wondered whether you sold these concertinas? Best regards, Neil

Dear C.netters, I justbput a 26 button Lachenal Anglo for sale on ebay. It has been serviced and is in good playable condition: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286199316470 Also for sale is a 20b Anglo German in D/A in original pitch which has also been serviced and is in playable condition: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/286182331318 It has been a busy few months so concertina servicing/restoration has been slow. I have a nice playable Lachenal 48b English in my workshop that should soon be up for sale. Please PM me if you require a particular instrument and I can check my collection. Best regards, Neil

Many thanks Stephen & Dave for the interesting information on 'Newly Improved' Anglos and John Hinton. Best wishes, Neil

Many thanks Stephen, #54113 is the twin of the Horniman #59258 and both c1879? Strangely, no STEEL REEDS mark on #54113 but they are steel! Best wishes, Neil

It might just be a case of 'getting out more' but I hadn't come across this 'maker's' label before.

Please see: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285846608254 for details. All sensible offers considered. Best regards, Neil

Both of these concertinas are now sold. I have a steady stream of good antique concertinas coming up for sale so please keep an eye open. If anyone has a specific concertina that they are looking for, please PM me. Best wishes, Neil

Just to let C.netters know that I have two 20b Anglos for sale on ebay at the moment. They have both been serviced and are in playable condition: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285754220792 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285733417268

This weird (eg air button connecting to a reed!) beast has just been sold for £450! Please, if the new owner is on C.net, put us out of our misery and reveal what is inside it !

Ja

It’s certainly a weird beast. Did German makers ever use riveted posts?

Re the above discussion about Swan concertinas http://nose-flute.blogspot.com/2012/10/more-about-swan.html Neil

I suppose that complexity in the action allows for simplicity in the ends? ......don’t use simple Lachenalesque rods and hoop pivots, because then the button holes have to be accurate?

Stephen, Yes, it was your excellent PICA article that 'peeked' my interest! Well done tracking down Lizzie Ireland. Do you have any idea what this 'Concertina Depot' is in the top right label (NB the 'Wheatsone' print is appearing from the label below)? Between the inner and outer bases the box there were scrunched up pages of a Daily Telegraph supplement on the Anglo-Argentine exhibition dated February 1931. I suppose all that we can say is the to and fro mailing started after 1931.

I recently bought a 20b Jones Anglo that came in a softwood box, within this cardboard box. Peeling back the labels, it appears that Miss Ireland in Clitheroe had received the Jones from Barker Son & Heins, who received a concertina from the 'Concertina Depot' which I suspect was a trade name for Joseph Astley, who had taken delivery of a concertina from Wheatstone!