For sale - Crabb 48 button Crane

[Little John]

I've owned this for about five years. Just over a year ago I had it serviced by Alex Holden, including new bushing boards and adjusting the button travel to make them uniform. It was also re-tuned to fifth comma mean tone. After that it became my "go-to" instrument. It's now surplus to requirements as I collected my new Holden 44 button Crane six weeks ago. Better it goes to a good home than gathers dust on my shelf!

 

Photographs and button layout attached. You'll see that I have three buttons modified to extend the left hand down to A2 and the right hand down to B3. These were done professionally, weighting the reed tips with solder, so are easily reversible should you wish it.

 

The raised metal ends, action and reed frames are all aluminium, making it a beautifully light instrument to handle.

 

There are a number of recordings with it on my Instagram account. Here is one: 

 

To identify the other recordings on this concertina (all more recent than this) just look for the plain black bellows frames.

 

I'm looking for about £1350. Buyer chooses carrier and pays postage.

 

Includes a padded gig bag.

 

 

Crabb 48 button Crane.pdf

 

LJ

 

Edited June 29, 2019 by Little John
Added gig bag and postage information.

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[Little John]

Now sold. Usual donation made to this forum.

 

LJ