Stephen Chambers Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) 26-key Anglo concertina made by Lachenal & Co., London, around 1900. (#153226, before you ask Randy .) In concert pitch (C/G) tuning, with solid mahogany ends, leather bellows and steel concertina reeds. It has been restored to good playing condition, and sounds like a proper concertina should. Guaranteed by myself (a repairer/tuner with 45 years of concertina experience.) More photos here: https://www.donedeal.ie/keyboards-for-sale/lachenal-c-g-anglo-concertina-steel-reeds-tuned/13844680With its original hexagonal wooden box.The duplicate draw D on the bottom of the G row has been converted to low A, which is considered a much more useful fingering, and it has all the notes on it that most players will ever use. This concertina has now been sold, and a donation made to C.net. Edited December 28, 2016 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 21, 2016 Author Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) Price reduced... Price £750 = €875 = $930. (At today's exchange rate!) If nobody buys it soon, I'll convert this one into a 30-key and sell it for more. Edited November 21, 2016 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voomy Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 what is the length from square side to square? and it plays in tune? also if your a repairer, whats a ball park general figure to get one similar to yours fixed up? it would need a complete overhaul. bellows.... maybe patched... maybe ok... may need new one, I cant tell. This concertina has a single reed plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) what is the length from square side to square? "Across the flats" it's standard Lachenal & Wheatstone size, which is 6 1/4" ... and it plays in tune? I'm a tuner, I tuned it, so yes... ... if your a repairer, whats a ball park general figure to get one similar to yours fixed up? it would need a complete overhaul. bellows.... maybe patched... maybe ok... may need new one, I cant tell. This concertina has a single reed plate. There's not really any such thing as "a ball park general figure" and it can vary hugely depending on the exact condition of the instrument and what you want doing to it, but (if it helps) a major refurbishment can cost €500. However, if it "has a single reed plate" it's likely to be a cheap German product that was of "disposable" quality when it was new, and not intended to be repairable. Edited December 1, 2016 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voomy Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Is this one still available? also is there any chance you can tune it back to normal tuning? I have a few concertinas and im too old to learn different tunings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Is this one still available? also is there any chance you can tune it back to normal tuning? I have a few concertinas and im too old to learn different tunings Sorry but no, I'm afraid this one is no longer available. The low A on the draw could indeed have been changed back to a D, but low A is actually a normal and very common tuning that many Wheatstones had when they left the factory, whilst German concertinas usually have a low G on the press on that button, instead of the low B that is to be found on English-made Anglo instruments - "standard" fingerings can vary at the lowest, and/or highest extremities of the G row... Edited January 1, 2017 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptastix Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 do you have any more 20-30 button anglo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) do you have any more 20-30 button anglo? Only the Frank Edgley C/G at the moment, but I have more old ones to fix... Edited December 28, 2016 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptastix Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 do you have any more 20-30 button anglo? Only the Frank Edgley C/G at the moment, but I have more old ones to fix... that edgley looks quite nice. I wish you still had the 26 or 27 button. I do want to get a concertina from someone who knows what they are doing. Because I don't. I just play them. how many more do you have planned on fixing up? I have a few concertinas that I never attempted to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 I wish you still had the 26 or 27 button. ... how many more do you have planned on fixing up? I think I have both a brass-reeded and another steel-reeded one to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptastix Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 how many buttons do those have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 how many buttons do those have? 26, like you appear to be asking about in your post that I quoted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptastix Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 so your non-functional, that your repairing, are 26 button? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 so your non-functional, that your repairing, are 26 button? No, they're just two of them, but I'm busy building a new one at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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