Concertina Value & Selling

[TonyFM]

My dad passed away and left 2 Concertina's. I don't know the value of these, or where to look to sell them, and the local music shops don't seem to carry them. Wondering if anyone has an idea of where I can look to understand the value, and the best way to sell them? I've attached pictures, any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

 

Tony

 

 

[Tradewinds Ted]

Tony,

I'm sorry to hear about your Dad.

 

I'm not an expert, but those look like Chemnitzer concertinas. While a few people here will be familiar with these, most people on this site will be playing Anglo, English, or Duet Concertinas, which are different from each other, but more importantly they are also different from the ones you have. So hopefully you will get some useful advice from the helpful people here, but you might find more directly useful information from www.usconcertina.com as it is primarly concerned with the Chemnitzer concertina. Good luck!

[TonyFM]

Thanks Ted - I'll try that website.

[MatthewVanitas]

Hello Tony, my condolences as well. And wise and good of you to take the trouble to ensure your da's instruments go to someone who will pay you a fair price and will appreciate playing them.

 

As Ted notes, these are most likely "Chemnitzer concertinas" rather than the Anglo/English/Duet/etc concertinas most of us play here. Chemnitzers being used almost entirely for traditional German/C.European music and American Midwest polka, while its cousins we play here are largely for English/Irish folk, classical music, etc.

 

The US Concertina Association mentioned above is for American polka musicians who play Chemnitzers.

 

 

 

There is a slight chance yours might be something slightly distinct from Chemnitzers, it would make it much clearer to us if you can take photos of the ends, so we can see the buttons head-on to count them and note their arrangement.

[TonyFM]

Thanks Matthew,

 

I've included pics below of the sides to show the buttons. The top picture above is the top pic below.

 

 

 

[JimLucas]

I've included pics below of the sides to show the buttons. The top picture above is the top pic below.

 

Concertina 1 Buttons.jpg

 

 

Concertina 2 Buttons.jpg

 

Definitely look like Chemnitzers.

[malcolm clapp]

 

I've included pics below of the sides to show the buttons. The top picture above is the top pic below.

 

Concertina 1 Buttons.jpg

 

 

Concertina 2 Buttons.jpg

 

Definitely look like Chemnitzers.

 

 

Presumably 4 rows on the other (left hand) ends....