Crane Tutor

[geo3geo]

I've just downloaded a Crane Concertina tutorial by H. Wilton Bulstrode. Looks early 1900's but does anyone have an accurate date for this? Also does anyone know when the first Crane Duet was manufactured.

[RAc]

Have you checked here?:

 

http://www.craneconcertina.com/history.html

[wes williams]

Randy Merris says c.1898 - see item D9 here

[Little John]

First manufactured? The patent is 1896, so presumably at least one prototype before then and commercial production shortly after. If the instruction manual is 1898 one assumes there was a market for it by then.