Bill Crossland Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 £2,400 on the hammer. The Lachenals in the same sale fetched good money, from £1,200 to £2,300..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 £2,400 on the hammer. The Lachenals in the same sale fetched good money, from £1,200 to £2,300..... So is the true price plus "buyers premium"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Anyone know what it fetched? It fetched £2400, although the auctioneers website hasn't been updated yet, to include the hammer price. The estimate was £2000-4000. See description below. Interesting and unique massive concertina made by C. Wheatstone & Co., to celebrate their centenary, with McCann duet system and steel reeds, eighty metal buttons on foliate pierced metal ends and ten-fold bellows, inscribed on both sides "Property of Phil Goldman", 16" x 16", case *This concertina is reputed to be the largest concertina in the world and once belonged to the famous bandsman Phil Goldman. More recently this instrument has been in the collection of Ruth Askew and is illustrated in a biography about her entitled 'A Maid and her Music, Memories, Melodeons and related reed instruments of Ruth Askew' by Paul Marsh, see page 102* Estimate: 2000-4000 I wonder who bought it? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Anyone know what it fetched? It fetched £2400, although the auctioneers website hasn't been updated yet, to include the hammer price. I still don't understand. Is that the actual price paid, or the amount before the auction house added on their "buyers' premium" for unspecified services to the purchaser? I wonder who bought it? Chris Well I'd have thought it's another novelty item like that midget duet recently, and probably sold as a curiosity rather than a musical instrument. If I'm right there's a fair chance its owner isn't even a concertina player let alone a Maccanic. I'd want a lot more assorted 'normal' duets before I tied up money in this, and I have more chance of playing it than many; it seems to give away more than it offers. Edited March 21, 2010 by Dirge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Davies Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 This is certainly not the largest concertina in the world.That honour belongs to a Wheatstone Duet Maccann which was last seen by me(one end only) at The Pontrefract Concertina Convention in 1976.There was some misunderstanding between Tommy Williams and Jim Harvey(the then ICA Secretary)as to who owned it so they agreed to have an end each!I am not sure who had the bellows.It measured about 3 1/2 feet across the flats.The ends were made of aluminiam.It was made for a music hall artist who,not surprisingly found it too large to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bayliss Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I own this, and it is 82 keys and 10 3/4" across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Crossland Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 The Corsham instrument is numbered 32190, Duralumin Octo 84 key 16" Special. A few pages later is 32,454, an Octo duro Double Bass 18" with 16 keys. Can anyone point to the biggest? The instrument may be making a guest appearance at the next Royal Concertinas if its owner can find a wheelbarrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 ...............I know it is big but I wonder how it compares with a double action contra-bass. I remember seeing one at Chris Algar's once and it was vast.....Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex West Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hammer Price was £2,400. Buyer's premium at Gardiner Houlgate is 15% with VAT on top of that so total cost was £2,823 Alex West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Crossland Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 The beast sings again - in the hands of a rather good player too..... Despite minor fratching, Messrs Wayne and Davies now appear to agree that this was the bisected concertina spotted at the Pontefract convention of 1976. Sterling work by Colin Dipper and Marcus Music at some point in the interim have reunited the two ends and replaced three buttons and actions. Evidence in the Wheatstone ledger of the bass instrument two inches larger in diameter remain one of life's little mysteries, unless someone out there knows better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 The beast sings again - in the hands of a rather good player too..... Despite minor fratching, Messrs Wayne and Davies now appear to agree that this was the bisected concertina spotted at the Pontefract convention of 1976. Sterling work by Colin Dipper and Marcus Music at some point in the interim have reunited the two ends and replaced three buttons and actions. My, that's large. Is it a bass or contrabass, or just a giant treble? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 My, that's large. Is it a bass or contrabass, or just a giant treble? ...and do we get to hear a recording of the beast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Nice shot Bill, one for the album Grommet! He got it playing pretty sharpish didn't he? Mind he plays a Maccann anyway Edited April 15, 2010 by michael sam wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Geoof Wright has put a coule of shots in general discussion forum. I'd like to hear The Biggest Aspidistra in the World played on The Biggest Concertina in The World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Werner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Howdy: If that's a whopper what do you call this??????????? Better have some big fingers!!!!!!!!!!! AND a large lap!!!!!!!!!! Have fun, Perry Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Werner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Oops. Not sure why the image did not appear. I'll try again! Edited April 16, 2010 by Perry Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Werner Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Maybe this will work..... Howdy: If that's a whopper what do you call this??????????? Better have some big fingers!!!!!!!!!!! AND a large lap!!!!!!!!!! Have fun, Perry Werner Edited April 16, 2010 by Perry Werner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Glad it's gone to Neil W. Who was Phil Goldman the original owner? It says he was a'famous bandsman' in the catalogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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