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Dear Theo and Greg, Many thanks for your replies and apologies for the slight name confusion. I am having problems with the reply editor in that I can't actually see what I am t5yping but this is still not an excuse for senility. Best Wishes, Neil

Steve's 61 button seems to be the Anglo Daddy; my 50 button is pygmy by comparison. Neil

Dear Theo, You may want to have another vote when you see these photos; lettered white keys, wooden baffles, hardwood action pan, hook pivots and open reed clamps......... Best Regards, Neil

Dear All, Who made this? Is anyone else having problems with the post editor ?? Thanks, Neil

Dear Frank, I am very glad that the concertina went to someone who is going to restore it to its former glory. Crabb or Jeffries becomes a bit acedemic if it plays sweetly. Best Regards, Neil Dear Frank, If you are looking for someone to make new ends (or perhaps repair the existing ones) I can highly recommend Roy Whitely of www.accordionmagic.com. The Nickolds and 50b Lachenal in the Concertina Magic section on his website are mine....Roy has also done work for others such as Barleycorn. Regards, Neil

Dear Chris and Theo, I am still not sure why the 'dirty' English was so expensive. The Edeophone is a beautiful beast........there can't be that many people who could make new ends for for it ???? Best Reagrds, Neil

I don't understand English concertinas......why did this 'dirty', brass-reeded Lachenal English box that seemed to be missing at least one of its important components, fetch £356 ?? Is it more than it seemed ?? Regards, Neil

Dear Frank, I am very glad that the concertina went to someone who is going to restore it to its former glory. Crabb or Jeffries becomes a bit acedemic if it plays sweetly. Best Regards, Neil

Lloyd, Approx early 1880s ?? Regards, Neil

Happy New Year to all, It has taken me a few weeks to get over my grief at missing the concertina pictured below at a fixed price of £400 on Ebay. Congratulations to whoever pressed the 'Buy It Now' button while I was faffing about on Google. I would now like everyone to say that this is not a Jeffries. Best Regards, Neil

Happy New Year There is one big problem with the story described in the document.......the concertina (#90867) was made around 1900 and the first Riel (Red River) rebellion happened in 1870 Neil

Stephen, Thanks for your reply......thought so. Neil

Hello, I am confused (easily done) by this thread..........are people saying that Dawkins really manufactured concertinas or did he just re-badge Lachenal concertinas? Please help. Regards, Neil

I don't want to be too simplistic but there are/were a few people around with MEEB as a surname. Maybe the person's Christian name was LYONS ???? Neil

WATCH OUT There is a 40b Wheatstone Anglo that has just appeared on ebay. Although the feedback looks good, this is obviously a case of stolen identity as the sellers profile is clearly from Singapore and yet, for the concertina, is listed as Virginia. Also the concertina auction page states that no bids will be accepted, only a Buy It Now price of £1000 to be send directly to an email address. Neil

Hello, I have just obtained a Jones 20b Anglo numbered 27976. I note Wes William's article on dating concertinas (extract below) and wonder whether I have stumbled on one of the last produced? "Jones ended up taking over the company by 1853, which continued until around 1909, although Jones himself retired in 1899, dying in 1919. A more accurate date for the end of the company is 1905, since the company went bankrupt after being left by Jones to his two sons on his retirement. Jones also produced instruments with modified fretwork for other dealers. The highest number Jones I've noted is 27807" Best Wishes, Neil

Dear Greg, The bellows are from a Jones anglo so this makes sense...............were they exclusive to Jones? Thanks, Neil

Hello, Are these rather beautiful bellows papers an oddity or reasonably standard? Neil

Dear Dr Bones, I'm not quite sure whether you mean that your #115107 has or hasn't got a central fretwork ?? Regards, Neil I must be missing something here. No, I don't think that you are missing anything; it's just that the concertinas that don't have the central fretwork seem to be pretty early in the Lachenal output. It makes sense that your much later concertina does have a central fretwork. Best reagrds, Neil

Dear Dr Bones, I'm not quite sure whether you mean that your #115107 has or hasn't got a central fretwork ?? Regards, Neil

There were intermediate models too, like these: Dear Stephen, Do both these concertinas have numbered buttons? Top one looks an odd beast with the makers oval above the handrest..............were these common? Is there a trademark on #5681?......presumably that dates it to post-1879 so maybe my estimate of circa 1866 for #6412 is incorrect? It's very easy to get hooked on the minutae of these things.................... Neil

Wes, Good idea.......maybe the combination of numbered buttons AND 'simple' fretwork might narrow things down a bit; does #15436 have numbered buttons? Best Regards, Neil

I have just taken delivery of a Lachenal Anglo #6412 (circa 1866) which, like Stephen Chambers' #7602, does not have any central fretwork (see photo). Does anyone know when / at which number the central fretworking was introduced? Best Regards, Neil

Neil, There seems to be no evidence to suggest that Lachenal's made any Anglos before 1862/3, whilst Wheatstone #6413 was undoubtedly an English concertina. You haven't mentioned an initial, or an address, but in my judgement you must mean H. Solomon & Co. of 134 and 31, Houndsditch, London NE? They claimed to be sole agents in Britain for Busson's harmoniflutes and flautinas, also harmoniums of Christophe & Etienne and Cesarini. Stephen, Yes, I did mean H. Solomon of London.........I hadn't come across his name as a concertina seller before. Based on our previous discussions about these early Anglos I guess #6412 is probably about 1866 ? Thanks as always, Neil

Hello, Do you think that a Lachenal Anglo # 6413 and labelled for Solomon is the same 6413 that apears in the Wheatstone ledger of March 16th 1855 Who was Solomon (yes, I know........the one that was around in the 19th century). Best Regards, Neil