Baritone treble aeola

[scoopet]

Chris algar has a baritone treble aeola for sale at the moment on his website......number 29395. This concertina was discussed in a thread in October 2014 as it was for sale on eBay( sorry I can't do a thread link). As far as i know when on eBay it had its original ends.Does anyone know who made the new ends for it?

[SteveS]

I had a look at the listing - this is what Chris says:

"The odd thing about it is that it has a factory made set of flat ends -not raised as you would expect. It was either a special model or it has had the ends replaced at a later date-but they are beautifully made."

[Wolf Molkentin]

this one?

[scoopet]

Yes Wolf!...thank you.

        there's no mention of replacement ends in the original thread by Geoff so these must have been done since 2014?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by scoopet

[Geoff Wooff]

Simon,

 you could ask  Rich C R   about this one    because  he  went to  Chris  A's  to  view it recently  but  he bought the 64  instead.

[Wolf Molkentin]

13 hours ago, scoopet said:

As far as i know when on eBay it had its original ends

 

do you actually recall having seen raised ends, Simon?

 

otherwise, Chris has left room for the flat ends being original (although uncommon)

[scoopet]

No wolf I don't remember.......but that big a rebuild would have been spotted by Monsieur wooff ....

        

[Geoff Wooff]

17 minutes ago, scoopet said:

No wolf I don't remember.......but that big a rebuild would have been spotted by Monsieur wooff ....

        

Well,  I cannot remember  exactly what  the 'ends' situation   was  and Chris A  says  he  recently  traded-in this  instrument... which  leaves  us all to contemplate  IF  the ends are original  or have been  made  elsewhere at a later date.....  Mr. Algar's judgement  would have a lot more experience  backing it than most of us   but somehow  I   doubt I noticed anything strange  about the instrument  when  it was on ebay.