Bill McKim Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Hi All: A while ago I posted a question about "LYONS MEEB" stamped on the end of my concertina. It is a Jones 30 button G/C dated 1895. There were a couple of suggestions but none seemed to fit. I have now acquired a new camera with a macro setting and am able to post pictures of the inscription which I have attached. It is clearly LYONS MEEB, but it has been struck twice which complicates things a bit. I suspect the "B" is for "band". Does anyone have any suggestions what the MEE is all about? Sorry to bug you about this again, but I thought the pictures might help. Thanks Bill M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Obviously stamped by someone with no respect for the instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Obviously stamped by someone with no respect for the instrument. When I was in the Navy all possesions which were deemed valuable had to be stamped with the owners mark. I expect it was the same in the other branches of the services. Just a thought, but might be another angle on your research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Obviously stamped by someone with no respect for the instrument. When I was in the Navy all possesions which were deemed valuable had to be stamped with the owners mark. I expect it was the same in the other branches of the services. I guess that practice might have been the norm in the Army too, seeing that "the first concertina" (my avatar), which belonged to Captain Gardnor of the 2nd Life Guards in the 1830s, is stamped twice on its case with his name. Mind you, it was done much more neatly than on Bill's Jones, and only on the case... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Just a thought, but the semicircular nature of the stamp is a bit odd - as if it was originally intended for some other (specific) purpose. Most name stamps are straight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Just a long shot, but rather than MEEB, could this be MELB, as in Melbourne? Australia, Derbyshire, Florida? Take your choice! Curiously enough there is a music shop in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) called Lyons, but I doubt there is any connection with this concertina as they are Scottish pipe specialists and have only been operating since the mid 1990s. But then again, how long have you had the instrument??? Edited for thpelling. Edited November 19, 2009 by malcolm clapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 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 It was customary for carpenters and joiners of old to stamp their initials or names on their hand tools as proof of ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill McKim Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Thanks everyone: There are some interesting suggestions here. I will do some more digging. Thanks again Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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