Lachenal Serial No. 74298

[Long Haired David]

Hi everyone.

 

This is my new Lachenal 20key C/G.

 

Can anyone give me a clue to its age given the serial no as stated in the heading?

 

Thanks in advance.

David

[MichaelF]

See http://www.concertina.net/wm_lachenal_dating.html

There is an example with a serial number approx 400 later.

1897???

[Long Haired David]

Thanks for that. I had forgotten that page.

 

Humm, not a bad purchase then. All I have to do is get to grips with it - smile.

 

David

[Dowright]

Unfortunately, you are gravitating very far astray with the estimation of the year of manufacture of your Lachenal Anglo concertina. The problem is with the so-called "confirmed" information in the Meredith piece at concertina.net.

 

No. 74298 simply is not a serial number that is consistent with manufacture in the 1890s.

 

Your concertina was probably made in the 1880s--maybe the early-to-mid-1880s.

 

From the time of Elizebeth Lachenal's sale of the company under the name Louis Lachenal (circa 1873; henceforth, Lachenal & Co.) to the mid-1890s, Lachenal & Co. appears to have made over 100,000 Anglo concertinas (on the assumption that they used all or most of the sequential numbers in the Anglo serial number set). By the mid-1890s, the serial numbers of new Lachenal Anglo concertinas were above 140,000--nearly double your No. 74298.

 

More precise dating estimation to follow in the future.

Edited May 7, 2011 by Dowright

[wes williams]

From known examples its between 1878 and 1887. I agree with dowright (don't I always!)