Fs: 20B Jones Anglo, Rosewood/bone/steel 1870S? (Us, Dc)

[MatthewVanitas]

***Jones is sold pending pickup, I will update members in the order they contacted me if preceding deals fall through.***

 

 

I bought this concertina from Greg Jowaisas back last fall, since I wanted to work with at least one trad-reeded concertina so I could decide whether I'm happy with hybrid reeds or eventually want "true" reeds. Greg described this one as follows: "I have a C/G rosewood Jones that is THE BEST 20b I’ve ever had... has slightly bigger buttons than a typical Lachenal. It plays very smoothly and has a rich mellow sound. Plays like butter….whatever that means. (I guess: with a rich, flowing feel)... The Jones has a wonderful sound and the notes jump right out of it. It has a warmth and depth of sound that I have not heard in Lachenals." Greg has said I could quote him on his description, and he can certainly assess concertinas far better than I.

 

Really nice trim concertina, about 6" across the flats. It was refurbished by Greg and given a final settup just before shipping out to me, so it's in great playing shape. Comes with a wooden hex case (original?) with working lock and key. I'm really only selling because I've concluded that my brain can't fit Duet and Anglo into the same space, so I'm de-Anglicising myself to better focus on my system of choice.

 

Asking $695 plus shipping, will make a Cnet donation after sale.

 

YouTube clip of me testing out the buttons, etc: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sh7WY1coZ0

 

 

Huh, it's not letting me post links ending in ".jpg"

 

Left side: http://tinypic.com/r/nytonc/8

Right side: http://tinypic.com/r/16hks9s/8

Tag: http://tinypic.com/r/2nallza/8

Case: http://tinypic.com/r/zk3mew/8

Edited February 10, 2014 by MatthewVanitas

[BUTTONBOXBOB]

Tone is great. I am a member of a Living History group in San Juan Capistrano, California for this time period. The instrument would fit right in.

Please email me for payment/shipment arrangements. bobminty@aol.com.

[MatthewVanitas]

I have one local member coming to check it over and likely buy it, and have one backup person in queue, so this one is probably off the market now. I'll update the thread if anything changes.

[Stephen Chambers]

Huh, it's not letting me post links ending in ".jpg"

 

That's because they should be posted as images, rather than as links.

[MatthewVanitas]

 

Huh, it's not letting me post links ending in ".jpg"

 

That's because they should be posted as images, rather than as links.

 

I tried using the "img" and "/img" tags (in brackets), but I get the error message "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community." Curiouser and curiouser, I'd had no trouble uploading images to tinypics and hotlinking them here in the past.

[sqzbxr]

Enclosing the following string in square brackets and no closing /img tag:

 

img=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61700296/Dipper.jpg

 

renders the following:

 

[Stephen Chambers]

 

Huh, it's not letting me post links ending in ".jpg"

 

That's because they should be posted as images, rather than as links.

 

I tried using the "img" and "/img" tags (in brackets), but I get the error message "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community." Curiouser and curiouser, I'd had no trouble uploading images to tinypics and hotlinking them here in the past.

 

Have you successfully used the "img" and "/img" tags here previously?

 

I find you need to click on the forum's "Image" box and then enter the URL for the image, in the box that then pops up, to post images here.