For Sale: 40 Button Hohner Anglo C/G

[Plantbreath]

I have a 40 button Hohner anglo concertina for sale that I bought for ~$500 back in 1989 from Rambling Conrad's in Norforlk, Virginia. It has black leather bellows (with 6 folds between the ends), chrome silver buttons and a very sweet tone. I have not played it in years but it has been stored well and is in excellent condition. I don't think Hohner made many of these, and they sure don't make them now.

 

Make me a reasonable offer and I will for sure help support this site! Email me I would rather not go through ebay.

[Daniel Hersh]

I believe that these were re-badged Bastari/Stagi instruments, but I am not sure. Does it say "Made in Italy"? Where are you and it located? And do you have any pictures? Does it look something like this:

 

 

I have a 40 button Hohner anglo concertina for sale that I bought for ~$500 back in 1989 from Rambling Conrad's in Norforlk, Virginia. It has black leather bellows (with 6 folds between the ends), chrome silver buttons and a very sweet tone. I have not played it in years but it has been stored well and is in excellent condition. I don't think Hohner made many of these, and they sure don't make them now.

 

Make me a reasonable offer and I will for sure help support this site! Email me I would rather not go through ebay.

Edited December 18, 2009 by Daniel Hersh

[Plantbreath]

Here is an update on the 40 Button Hohner Anglo C/G I posted about 3 months ago but got busy with other things and didn't aggressively pursue.

 

It is a hohner international D40/80/6LT with 6 black leather bellows and black laquer-finish ends with chrome end pieces and buttons. It is in excellent working condition and has a brown hard case with burnt orange plush interior, also in excellent condition. When I bought it from Ramblin' Conrad, he said it had tuneable steel reeds, had a sweet mellow sound, and holds its pitch well over time.

 

Daniel Hersh has corresponded with me about it and has provided some VERY helpful information (Thank you!). He guessed it might be a Bastari masquerading in hohner international clothing from the 1980's, although there are no markings on the outside saying that it was made in Italy. He stated in correspondence that "The main thing that goes wrong with Bastari concertinas is that the buttons can eventually start to lean over and then slip into the instrument. This is because they are usually held in place by little rubber sleeves on the button shafts that dry out and fail over time.... It's possible to fix by replacing the rubber (I did this myself on an even older Bastari that I owned for a while) but it would be helpful to know in advance." I have never had this problem with this hohner.

 

He also provided this link ( http://concertina.in...ges/finger3.htm? ) that enabled me to confirm that it has the same button layout/notes as the Wheatstone 40.

 

There is one button (bottom-most D/E on right hand side in the 2-button row does seems to be slow to lift up after pressing...lack of use? There was nothing I could see wrong with it mechanically when I peaked under the plate). But it doesn't lean over or otherwise appear to be slipping into the box.

Daniel Hersh said pictures would be nice (esp. interior with reeds and action levers). I will either post on a flickr site later or email pictures to interested folks directly if acceptable. The ones I've taken so far are not very good, except to show that the exterior of the concertina is in very good shape. I peeked under the chrome plates but didn't take the end pieces all the way off to photograph because I couldn't figure out how to get handles detached. I wanted to be super careful not to bend the chrome endpieces. I did see that the buttons are connected to hinged silver metal rods, and I saw no bushings or rubber gaskets. I replaced the plates by letting gravity align the buttons, so I know I did no damage. Everything still works and looks as before.

 

 

I would also throw in several music books (for free), the best of which is Carmelle Begin's Philippe Bruneau's accordian book called Musique traditionnelle pour accordeon diatonique (1993 edition). (It's in french, but as long as you can read music it has some great french-canadian tunes in it.) The other books are Bertram Levy's The Anglo Concertina Demystified-11 lessons for the 30 button anglo (copyright 1985 by Front Hall Enterprises, Inc), Paul de Ville's The Concertina and How to Play It-including 250 patriotic and sacred songs and well known melodies (for 20 button anglo; copyright 1905 by Carl Fischer, Inc-I hadn't realized it was so old; it lists no printings or editions), and David Kay's How to Play Concertina Today (for 20 button anglo; copyright 1980 by Shattinger International Music Corp., USA).

My preference is to sell this package to someone in Northern California so I can hand deliver it, maybe to one of Hersh's contacts. I would like to start with a minimum bid of $325, and will let bidders know of activity. I would also consider shipping within the US, but buyer must pay shipping and insurance costs. I will accept bids through the end of April 30 in CA. Feel free to ask questions or clarify text!

 

Thanks for letting me post this. I will contribute appropriately.

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