jggunn Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 When were bowing valves last installed in the Edeophone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 They were still an optional extra on the last-known Lachenal price list, circa 1930: http://www.concertina.com/pricelists/lachenal/Lachenal-Pricelist-All-c1930.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Since you've asked about this again, let me clarify. Bowing valves were never fitted as "standard" on Edeophones (or any other Lachenal English concertina), though the slots for them were always provided in the fretwork - rather they were free "optional extras" available when you were buying a new one, but most people didn't opt for them. They appear to have still been available up until Lachenal's closed down in 1933. Does that answer your question? Or is there something I'm not grasping? Edited January 5, 2020 by Stephen Chambers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Franch Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 At the risk of expanding the topic (although certainly keeping within the subject heading), I've long been curious about how bowing valves affected the sound. I once played a New Model that I think still had them--levers were still on both sides and I assumed that they hadn't been converted to be air valves--but I couldn't get them to affect the sound. Are there any recordings that illustrate bowing valves in use? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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