Can Anyone Identify/value This Item?

[grimmie]

Could someone help me identify/value this Concertina?

I can't get a good picture - but is says "#12 / Frank Holub" inscribed in the metal decorative plating on the side where the plating says concertina but at the other end. I think it was refered to as a Duet Concertina.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

 

Thanks,

Dan

[JimLucas]

Could someone help me identify/value this Concertina?

I can't get a good picture - but is says "#12 / Frank Holub" inscribed in the metal decorative plating on the side where the plating says concertina but at the other end. I think it was refered to as a Duet Concertina.

Not what we call a "duet". Almost certainly a Chemnitzer concertina. Not a variety that gets a lot of play on this website, but there are a few members here (e.g., Theodore Kloba) who specialize in them. You could probably benefit from a web search for "Chemnitzer concertina", or just start here.

 

Good luck, and have fun.

[Ken_Coles]

IIRC Mr. Kloba has written here that valuations are impossible for these instruments without an examination in person, given the huge range in original build quality and condition of preservation. There are a lot of experts not too far north of you (Chicago and beyond, as Jim's example shows) if you ever get up that way.

 

Ken

[Daniel Hersh]

Looks like a Carlsfelder rather than a Chemnitzer to me. Very few people play the Carlsfelder system today.

 

 

Could someone help me identify/value this Concertina?
I can't get a good picture - but is says "#12 / Frank Holub" inscribed in the metal decorative plating on the side where the plating says concertina but at the other end. I think it was refered to as a Duet Concertina.

Not what we call a "duet". Almost certainly a Chemnitzer concertina. Not a variety that gets a lot of play on this website, but there are a few members here (e.g., Theodore Kloba) who specialize in them. You could probably benefit from a web search for "Chemnitzer concertina", or just start here.

 

Good luck, and have fun.