(46) Button Wheatstone (Duet), At Auction. 16/17Th Feb, Canterbury. U.

[Anglogeezer]

For auction, 16/17th February at, The Canterbury Auction Galleries,

40 Station Road West,
Canterbury,
Kent.

Lot 747. A Wheatstone concertina, No. 35301, in simulated rosewood with black leather cloth covered box for same
Estimate = £300/£500

 

see here : http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/canterbury-auction-galleries/catalogue-id-srcan10021/lot-e2f70507-022d-4476-a43c-a5a001021154?utm_source=auction-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=auction-alert&utm_content=lot-image-link

 

The single photo shows the right hand end with 25 buttons and no air button.

The ledgers give a date of 17/04/1940 and 46 buttons.

I assume therefore we have a duet of some description. (I'm an anglo man - all duets look the same to me!!!)

 

Jake

[JimLucas]

The single photo shows the right hand end with 25 buttons and no air button.

The ledgers give a date of 17/04/1940 and 46 buttons.

I assume therefore we have a duet of some description. (I'm an anglo man - all duets look the same to me!!!)

 

Definitely a Wheatstone (aka Maccann) duet.

 

Distinguishing different kinds of duet:

• 6 columns wide (straight, not slanted) = Maccann/Wheatstone duet (Lachenal called them "Maccann"; Wheatstone called them "Wheatstone")
• 5 columns wide (straight, not slanted) = Crane/Triumph duet (same system, but at some point in time Lachenal renamed it from "Crane" to "Triumph" for the Salvation Army
• unisonoric, with slanted columns = either 1) Jeffries duet, 2) if recent, possibly Hayden duet, or 3) something "special"

[StuartEstell]

 

 

unisonoric, with slanted columns = either 1) Jeffries duet,

 

The Jeff duet has rows rather than columns, I'd say. Mine does, anyway

 

 

 

or 3) something "special"

 

AKA "what the hell is this and who thought THAT was a good idea?!"

[StuartEstell]

...all of which nitpicking doesn't detract from the fact that those particular smaller Wheatstone Maccanns can be very nice instruments indeed.

Edited February 4, 2016 by StuartEstell