Schnefsky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Hi again and thanks in advance. Looking for a date of this 30 button Lachenal Anglo serial number 140043. Or is it L40043?? Lachenal patent concertina. Steel reeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 25 minutes ago, Schnefsky said: Hi again and thanks in advance. Looking for a date of this 30 button Lachenal Anglo serial number 140043. From the latest estimates, it would date from 1895. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, Schnefsky said: Hi again and thanks in advance. Looking for a date of this 30 button Lachenal Anglo serial number 140043. Or is it L40043?? Lachenal patent concertina. Steel reeds. circa 1895. It's 140043 and the apparent 'L' on the paper serial number is caused by cutting and slight damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnefsky Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Thank you very much. I am offering this for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Hi I would like to date a Boyd Lachenal 48 button I am restoring. The serial number is 44382 Any other info would be helpful. Thank you Tiposx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Tiposx said: Hi I would like to date a Boyd Lachenal 48 button I am restoring. The serial number is 44382 The best estimate is late in 1905. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiposx Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Thank you Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris rowe Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Could I please have dates on two concertinas please, Louis Lachenal 20 key s/no 12112 and a Lachenal & Co 30 key s/no 164895, both are fine fret rosewood, the 30 key has steel reeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 The current estimates for 12112 is 1869, and for 164895 is 1899. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tomlinson Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I have a Lachenal concertina with the label "Thomas Dawkins of 6,7,8 Little Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London EC" with a serial no. of 28989., so an help on its history or date would be much appreciated. Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 David, assuming a 48k treble instrument, and based upon the information from Downright et al, a fair estimate for # 28989 would be 1888/ 89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Dawkins is listed at 17 Charterhouse St, Holborn in an 1882 Post Office directory, so your instrument may not be the type Dave has assumed above. The number of buttons on it might give us a clue, as different types have different series of numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Tomlinson Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Could anyone provide an information on the attached and also recomend a restorer. Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 so it is a 20 key Anglo, circa 1874, based on data from the same source. Wes was right, not a 48 key instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Lindley Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hi, I have a concertina with a serial number 41477. Would someone be able to tell me when was it manufactured? I'm working on my family's history and this instrument was one that was brought from England to South America by my father's grand parents. As such this instrument must have been something very special for them and I just want to have an idea of when would they have bought it. Thanks for any help you can provide. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Any idea who made it? Do the words “Wheatstone” or “Lachenal” or other names appear anywhere on (or in) it? Can you post a picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 21 hours ago, Eddie Lindley said: Hi, I have a concertina with a serial number 41477. Would someone be able to tell me when was it manufactured? With such a high serial number it can only have been a Lachenal instrument, but there were separate serial number sequences for both English, and Anglo, system instruments. If it's an English concertina (with four rows of buttons, playing the same note on both press and draw of the bellows) the date would be 1903, whilst if it's a Anglo (with two, or three, rows of buttons, playing different notes on press and draw) it would be 1877. If you could supply a photo, or photos, we could probably tell you more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tad52 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 5810 - by Louis Lachenal. In 2005 Stephen Chambers in his very comprehensive "Some Notes on Lachenal Concertina Production and Serial Numbers" gave a lowest confirmed number of 6119 for concertinas made by Louis Lachenal in his own name, rather than for Charles Wheatstone, and deduced that Louis Lachenal commenced his numbering for English concertinas from 6000. Has this been revised downwards in the light of earlier concertinas that have since come to light, such as mine? This is a rather nice instrument with very narrow steel reeds. Subjectively I believe the dynamic range is similar to later instruments, but overall quieter and more mellow. Colin Dipper commented that the tolerances were very fine! Surprisingly the ends and bellows are as when I bought it - Colin fettered the tuning and valves Edited February 13, 2022 by Tad52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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