Rare historical concertina?

[Squeezebox Of Delights]

I was reading a book of poems to my younger brother when I came across a picture of what seems to be a rare seven-sided ten-button Anglo. The age is uncertain but the ends and bellows look possibly German. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Oskar ?

Edited March 26, 2020 by Squeezebox Of Delights

[Don Taylor]

Rick Epping's Grandad?

 

Edited March 25, 2020 by Don Taylor

[Stephen Chambers]

17 hours ago, Squeezebox Of Delights said:

I was reading a book of poems to my younger brother when I came across a picture of what seems to be a rare nine-sided ten-button Anglo. The age is uncertain but the ends and bellows look possibly German. Any suggestions?

 

You'd better count again, I make that SEVEN sides, and though extremely rare, such concertinas were made in Germany - and I've got a 20-key one in my collection. It's on exhibition, with more of my instruments, at the OaC in Miltown Malbay, and is at bottom right in this photo:

 

 

At top left there's a rare 10-key hexagonal one, whilst on the lower shelf there are two 10-key rectangular ones (the original form of the German concertina).

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2020 by Stephen Chambers

[Squeezebox Of Delights]

7 hours ago, Stephen Chambers said:

 

You'd better count again, I make that SEVEN sides, and though extremely rare, such concertinas were made in Germany

 

Oops- I suppose my mind was probably in a different place. I’ll edit it ASAP. Interesting about those concertinas, though. I was trying to be funny and was not expecting to actually be right... !

Thanks,

Oskar

[wunks]

Stephen, what's the bellows geometry on the (Florentine?) instrument , second top left?

[Stephen Chambers]

13 hours ago, wunks said:

Stephen, what's the bellows geometry on the (Florentine?) instrument , second top left?

 

The bellows are 5-sided, whilst I think the shape is maybe more like that of a fancy German shield.

[Stephen Chambers]

I've just discovered a better image of my heptagonal German concertina: