david robertson Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Can anyone shed any light on this eBay offering? I'm guessing that Mozart was a retailer, and probably unrelated to Wolfgang Amadeus of that ilk, who had already been dead for over a century by the time this concertina was made... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anglogeezertoo Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 The seller has added the following information ..... "Somebody has kindly mailed me with more info about the probable maker, age, etc, please look below. 'Hi about your concertina, it's a duet system, probably McCann or Wheatstone, the maker was TS... that Thomas Shakespeare, and a good and rare maker from around 1880 to 1920 ish. the Mozart bit was the shop selling it when new, I think they mainly sold organs' " Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewVanitas Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'm having it sent to Greg Jowaisas shortly, so we can all look forward to his photos of the internals, and his assessment of the quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 nicely cut fretwork and not all of the old ones were. I have never seen or played a Shakespeare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle's cook Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 By some coincidence Chris Algar recently sold a similar Crane, although in this instance a 48 button instrument (it is still on his concertina.co.uk website, I'd post the link but for some reason my computer isn't allowing this today). This too was marked T S Mozart. Were these two were part of a batch for a Mozart retailer, or perhaps was Shakespear using 'Mozart' as a name for his range of Crane system instruments, similar to 'Aeola' and 'Edeophone', 'Linota' etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicx66 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 riveted action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Were these two were part of a batch for a Mozart retailer, or perhaps was Shakespear using 'Mozart' as a name for his range of Crane system instruments, similar to 'Aeola' and 'Edeophone', 'Linota' etc Nope. The one on eBay that started this thread was a Maccann layout, not a Crane. Well, I thought I remembered both those names from previous discussions, though not necessarily together. BUT... a quick Google search found me this thread from 2007. What's more, it has a reference to this even earlier thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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