nkgibbs Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Dear C.netters, I recently bought this strange little beast. Despite being pretty well built, having full bone buttons and a metal action, I don't think that it is English. This is supported by the reed blocks and the very odd reed chamber set up. "German", I hear you cry but the pencil marks on the Left and Right ends are 8 B (?) and 8 G respectively. G for left hints French but the B on the right, unless I am misreading it, doesn't. The action pivots also look as if they have been lifted from a Nickolds. I would be very interested to hear if anyone has come across a concertina like this before. Thanks, Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I've got one the same, and initially thought of Nickolds too, but the pencilled letters are D (Diskant) in the treble and B (Bass) in the bass - which is the coventional labelling of the two sides in German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 Here's a link to a previous thread about these: English Or German? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Stephen, Many thanks for your sage words, diagnosis and the link to a thread that I failed to find. Do you think that the German manufacturer had access to Nickolds parts or just copied them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I expect the German manufacturer, whoever they were, had access to a Nickolds instrument and copied elements of the design to come up with these. For that matter, you also get German-made copies of 2-row Lachenal Anglos turning up in England - whilst genuine Lachenal instruments were exported to Germany and available there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 Thanks Steven. Do we have any clue about the maker? The 'half-body' reed plates seem to be unique ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 3/29/2020 at 9:36 AM, Stephen Chambers said: whoever they were like I said... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 So the maker is E.I.N. Wieterer.........? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 7 hours ago, nkgibbs said: So the maker is E.I.N. Wieterer.........? A. Resident? More likely you meant E.I.N. Weiterer = A.N. Other... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkgibbs Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 A. Resident? More likely you meant E.I.N. Weiterer = A.N. Other... Steven, You are absolutely right! German was never a strong point! Neil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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