What is this anglo beast?

[Warren Fahey]

Any clues as to what this anglo is?

It has nice undamaged wooden ends and fretwork shows a stag. (I think that's what it is). Bellows are metal reinforced ends and, sadly, bright green. Keys seem well sprung and it is remarkably in tune.

It came in a wooden box. Probably from New Zealand (well, that's where the lady who gave it to me came from....)

 

Warren

[Warren Fahey]

Any clues as to what this anglo is?

It has nice undamaged wooden ends and fretwork shows a stag. (I think that's what it is). Bellows are metal reinforced ends and, sadly, bright green. Keys seem well sprung and it is remarkably in tune.

It came in a wooden box. Probably from New Zealand (well, that's where the lady who gave it to me came from....)

 

Warren

[Marien]

Hi Warren,

No idea, this beats me by description... can you upload a picture?

Marien

[Myrtle's cook]

Looks to be a late C19th/early C20th German made model - and a particularly well preserved one.

 

The 'dropped shoulders' and use of only three end screws (as opposed to the usual 6 for British made instruments) seem to be characteristics of such instruments.

[Myrtle's cook]

Incidently, these usually seem to come in cardboard boxes, perhaps your's has acquired an old Lachenal concertina's wooden box?

 

Here is one with what is likely to be it original box:

http://www.brettells.com/antique/0407/pics/A2.jpg

[Myrtle's cook]

Hi Marien

An image is on the 'Anglo beast image' thread - you will certainly have a view on this with your interest/knowledge in continental conertinas

kind regards

[Dan Worrall]

Probably from New Zealand (well, that's where the lady who gave it to me came from....)

 

Hi Warren,

 

That is a nicely preserved one. Did she or anyone in her family play it? I'm always looking for information from NZ concertina survivors; they've mostly vanished without a trace, regardless of once having a thriving concertina and house dance culture....

 

Cheers,

Dan

[Ken_Coles]

Two threads merged into one (apologies for the resulting garbled sound of posts at the top, posters may feel free to edit) since both threads were getting posts.

 

Ken

[Anglo-Irishman]

Looks to be a late C19th/early C20th German made model - and a particularly well preserved one.

 

The 'dropped shoulders' and use of only three end screws (as opposed to the usual 6 for British made instruments) seem to be characteristics of such instruments.

 

Yes, add to that the thick buttons, with the rows parallel to a straight side, and the stag, and it's got "German" written all over it!

 

I bet it has proper German concertina reeds, too - in groups of 5 pairs on a zinc plate.

 

Cheers,

John

[Warren Fahey]

Thank you - it has a particularly good reed sound so will need Richard Evans to open and explore. Obvioulsy from your detective work it is a Brettells.

 

Dan - sadly no.... the woman who gave it to me got it in a community swap.