Wanted - Large Crane duet concertina

[saguaro_squeezer]

I switch between my Lachenal and Crabb quite a bit.  I tend to play the Lachenal more when I'm tired because my fingers appreciate the extra spacing.

[Peter Smith]

The 67 button is 9 1/4 inches across the flats - so quite a bit bigger. Still feels like a concertina even thought its big - & its not too heavy either.

Peter

[Little John]

56 minutes ago, Peter Smith said:

 & its not too heavy either.

Peter

 

Does it have aluminium reed frames?

 

LJ

[Peter Smith]

I’ve not opened it up yet to check, so don’t know.

Peter

[Peter Smith]

The concertina was retuned a couple of months before I bought it by Nigel Sture. He seemed to recall that the reed frames were aluminium.

Peter

[Wolf Molkentin]

On 8/27/2018 at 7:32 PM, saguaro_squeezer said:

I switch between my Lachenal and Crabb quite a bit.  I tend to play the Lachenal more when I'm tired because my fingers appreciate the extra spacing.

 

Reviving this thread, what about the difference between a curved and a chevron layout? The Lachenal wouldn’t provide the diatonic scale as a diagonal „row“, your fingers would have to go zigzag a bit - or is it simply that your „learning“ instrument had been a Lachenal?

 

Best wishes - ?

[saguaro_squeezer]

Hi Wolf,  I seem to remember a thread where the spacing was measured.  To me, playing the two, the chevron feels a bit closer but my fingers don't seem to miss the outer rows as easily.  That said, I can't do some of the finger crossings that I use to make the 4th jumps smoother (same key,  up one row, e.g., G to C).  It's probably just me but I jump between the two and notice it for now.