Squeezebox Of Delights Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) Rick Epping's Grandad? Edited March 25, 2020 by Don Taylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeezebox Of Delights Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Stephen, what's the bellows geometry on the (Florentine?) instrument , second top left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I've just discovered a better image of my heptagonal German concertina: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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