Lachenal Button Numbers (Anglo)

[Takayuki YAGI]

Hi there,

 

From 2007, I watched ebay concertina listings on a weekly or daily basis.

Then I categorize this Lachenal big data (actually not so big, only 769 records, it is less than 0.5% of tatal 200,000+ production) by their button numbers. There might be some duplication(same instrument from different seller) or missing items, but here it is.

 

As expected, 20 button accounts for the most, then 30 button. To my surprise, 24 is less than 22.

I do not think it precisely reflects the entire distribution of Lachenal production, however the result was interesting to me. And that was the reason to share it here.

 

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Taka

 

 

[Dowright]

My database for Anglo Lachenal concertinas currently has serial numbers and descriptions for about 3000 Anglos. The percentages by number of keys are as follows:

20 key: 46%

22 key: 1.2%

24 key: 1.1%

26 key: 5 %

28 key: 2%

30/31 key: 30%

32 key: 10%

33/36 key: 1%

37/39 key: 1%

40/41 key: 1.3%

[Takayuki YAGI]

Hi Dowright,

 

Thank you for your insight! Your data is undoubtedly more precise.

I found that two-row(20/22/24) and 3-row(26-36) are almost even. My data is quite biased...

 

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Taka

[Dowright]

You and I both show about 50% for the 20 key to 24 key Anglo Lachenals. But I think that it is an under-estimate, because the more expensive instruments with more keys probably have a higher survival rate. The damaged 20-24 key ones would have been the leading candidates for the rubbish bin.

Edited March 10, 2016 by Dowright

[nkgibbs]

Is there centralised database for Lachenal concertina serial numbers and descriptions?

Should there be one?

 

Neil

[Takayuki YAGI]

AFAIK Randy Merris collects serial numbers for study purpose (I recall I provided a few numbers to him), but maker's official ledger no longer exists.

 

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Taka