shipcmo Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I thought it might be interesting to do a survey of the visitors regarding their boxes. To start off, I have: a 38b D/G Jeffries a 37b C/F Dipper a 30b C/G Bastari (my second box, the first was a 20b Bastari) a funky old 20b Scholer (long story behind it) Let's see who has top bragging rights. Cheers, Geo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Let's see who has top bragging rights. Now then, owning concertinas isn't a competition :-) I'm currently the proud owner of the following: (1) A.C. Norman 30-key C/G anglo, which I love to bits (2) Lachenal 20-key G/D anglo, which had its first outing yesterday since I tuned it I also have a 36-key Norman G/D on the way - and in fact Andrew called me not long ago to say he'd shortly be making a start on the instrument. Very exciting Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Morse Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Believe it or not, I have just a single concertina, a 46-key Hayden duet Dickinson Wheatstone. Not much when it comes to bragging rights, but at least I can safely say that I'll be claiming the first of our Morse Haydens to come off the line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Mitchell Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I currently have - Norman 36b G/D Wheatstone 40b C/G Bastari 40b G/D Lachenal 30b Baritone C/G - this was advertised in a newsagents window in North London for 10 pounds (about 1974). When the man selling it saw that I could play it he let me have it for 9 pounds. The occasional loan of a 46b Wheatstone anglo from Neil Wayne in Bb/F old tuning. Nobody joins in when I play it. Goes down to F below the normal bottom note of Bb. A Baritone English of uncertain parentage - possible Wheatstone, single action, oval shape, brass reeds, engraved CAP in entwined letters on the strap screws. Found this in a second-hand shop in East London about 1972. The action and reeds had been fully restored but the bellows were in tatters. I remade them - not very well, I ought to think about remaking them again 30 years on. I'm playing the instrument in a photograph in "Dancin' with ma Baby" entitled Where are they now? I've had several lachenal 30b anglos - one given to me by a lady I met at a London bus stop whilst wearing a "Concertina Conciousness" t-shirt. She said she had two of them but she'd given one to the kids to play with and they'ed ended up kicking it round the street. It actually had 32 buttons including the whistle and the squeaker. A man once gave me a Jeffries C/G (in old tuning) in a pub in Bedford. The Bedford Morris Men who I was with at the time had it fettled and I left it with them as the side's concertina when I left. A colleague at work sold me a Wheatstone English, ebony ends etc. for a reasonable sum having found it in his mother loft. Needed tuning but a win-win situation for us both. Sold it recently for a modest profit. A fellow member of the Manchester Morris Men had an identical Crabb anglo to one I have recently sold. He had it in his appartment in Quwait some years ago when the country was invaded. Luckily he was out of the country at the time. He lost most of his posessions as the flat was looted. But the perpetrators took the concertina case and left the concertina. Seemed to have suffered a bit of scope creep here...sorry. Howard Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I have two 46-key Hayden Duets: a Bastari and a Dickinson/Wheatstone. (Neither is for sale.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Weinstein Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I have: A Lachenal 20 button G/D anglo A brass reeded 20 button D/A anglo in much need of repair I picked up to learn maintenance on And I have ordered a 31 button G/D "Drop D" anglo from Bob Tedrow. --Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I have:- Dipper C/G baritone 30-button Lachenal (restored by Connor) C/G 32-button including silly noise buttons Jeffries G/D 38-button Herrington G/D 30-button Morse G/D 30-button Jones G/D 26-button Lachenal Bb/F 30-button (soon to be up for sale) Anne has:- Wheatstone Aeola English Wheatstone 1850's English Wheatstone baritone English Morse baritone English Lachenal Accordiaphone (very rare!) Believe me - that's enough to be getting on with. You will note a certain weighting towards G/Ds in my collection. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceB Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I currently own just one concertina, a Button Box Morse english. I actually like it *more* than the Aeola it replaced. I also have a Maccann duet in the house, but it's not mine. The concertina I most regret not buying was a Dipper english that George Flink had for sale at the squeeze-in some years ago. What a mistake it was to pass on it. bruce boysen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Root Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Me: Wheatstone treble English (1930s) Hohner/Bastari treble English (1980s) Wife: Crabb treble English (1970s) Us: Lachenal Baritone English (around 1900?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reid Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 - Wheatstone Aeola treble English, ebony, c. 1902-1094, restored by Dipper. - Lachenal treble English, rosewood, 1930s. - Morse C/G anglo on order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellowbelle Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I'm 'same as BruceB', I think -- Morse English (Albion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Hall Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Lachenal "New Model" English system (see Avatar) The old Trinity College English box is somewhere around the house. Some of the formidable lists of instruments I've seen so far lead me to believe that some members must be incredibly wealthy, or reduced to beggary in pursuit of their musical passions -- Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 This thread is giving me a bad case of concertina envy. Around here: a 30 button Lachenal with Dipper mechanism, a 30 button square Herrington and a 20 button no-name German/Italian/Oriental garage sale special that's actually 2 or three junky concertinas cobbled together by my unartful hands. A total piece of crap, but it's what got me started down this long and expensive road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stayton Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 The stable currently includes: Jeffries 31-b C/G (1890's) Crabb 31-b C/G #10084 (1945) - see it here. Rock Chidley English #1243 (1861?) plus two "repair projects": Lachenal 20-b #69068 (1895?) Lachenal 39-b MacCann duet #606 (1890?) - more of a basket case, sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCJones Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 (edited) 1 cheap 20-button C/G Anglo (my first one ever) which I never play, and plan to sell soon for much less than what I paid. 1 Riccordi (Bastari?) 30-button C/G Anglo (my first 30-button) which I plan to sell soon. (what I am playing in my avatar image). 1 Stagi 48-button Tenor English which I am learning to play. 1 Tedrow-Modified-Stagi 30 Button C/G Anglo, which is my main squeeze. The button action on this is awesome! (What I am playing in the photo I posted in the "what we look like" thread). I did own a Norman 30-button G/D Anglo which I bought from Mark Stayton, and recently sold to Connie Dugan. It has a superb sound but some of the notes did not respond fast enough on bellows-direction-changes, and the buttons were not as comfortable as those of my Tedrow-Modified-Stagi. I am purchasing a Stagi 40-button G/D Anglo, and am still wondering if anyone has a 40-button Anglo C/G (or F/C or Bb/F if they exist) to sell for under $2000. Also, last but not least: I have very recently (a few days ago) purchased a Lachenal 55-button MacCann Duet from Barleycorn Concertinas, but it has not yet arrived. Edited September 2, 2003 by AlexCJones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eleyne Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 i have two: Dickinson Wheatsone C/G Anglo, 31 buttons (1998, i think) Lachenal C/G Anglo, 30 buttons, mahogany (c. 1900) sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reto Werdenberg Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 As concertina enthusiast and absolute beginner i currently have: Crabb 56 b extented treble English Concertina Crabb 40 b Anglo Unknown 30 button Anglo (Connor/Jeffries???) Lachenal 60 b duet edeophone Lachenal 72 b duet edeophone Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 As concertina enthusiast and absolute beginner i currently have: I'm going to watch you with great interest. An absolute beginner with that range of top quality instruments should in the fullness of time be able to give us some interesting pointers on one person's experience of relative merits. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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