Lofty Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 I have a 46 button MacCann Edeophone, serial number 2097, which I thought dates from about 1910. The large Lachenal MacCann discussed in the Buy and Sell forum is claimed to date from 1891 and has the serial number 2093. As as there are no ledgers, 1891 seems over precise and I imagine that Lachenal produced more MacCanns than those dates and serial numbers suggest. Does anybody have any information which would clarify the date of mine, please? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 No dates off the top of my head but one of the members here has been collecting info on dates for Lachenal instruments and may have a better Idea, but I do think the 1891 date for the MacCann number 2O93 is probably too early by at least 10 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowright Posted December 24, 2018 Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) I estimate the year of manufacture for Maccann No. 2097 as 1901. The closest "marker" that I have is a bill of sell dated 8 February 1898 for Maccann No. 1819--62 key, raised metal fretwork, metal buttons, 6-fold bellows. I already had No. 2096 (55-key Edeophone) and No. 2097 in my data. These are the first two Macann duet Edeophones in the data. No. 2098 is also there, but it is not an Edeophone. Edited December 24, 2018 by Dowright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofty Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Dowright said: I estimate the year of manufacture for Maccann No. 2097 as 1901. The closest "marker" that I have is a bill of sell dated 8 February 1898 for Maccann No. 1819--62 key, raised metal fretwork, metal buttons, 6-fold bellows. I already had No. 2096 (55-key Edeophone) and No. 2097 in my data. These are the first two Macann duet Edeophones in the data. No. 2098 is also there, but it is not an Edeophone. Thanks for that, Dowright. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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