My Lachenal Arrived!

[otsaku]

WOOOHOOO!

 

I'm in shock. In a good way.

 

48 key nr: 58494 though in a couple of places the 8 looks like a 2...

 

Needs new valves, new thumb straps and the action needs cleaning. The reeds are slotted into the reed pan and look for the most part clean. One reed on the right hand side looks like a steel replacement - the others being brass.

 

It's missing a couple of end screws and one of them has sheared off so the tip remains inside.

 

My one concern is that the end plates seem slightly smaller than the piece of wood between them and the bellows and they don't sit tight to the bellows frame. I'm wondering if the ends have been reversed.

 

The bellows seems to be airtight, though difficult to tell with the missing valves allowing a constant airflow.

 

Beautiful mellow tone.

 

Me thinks I got bargain for the $242 I paid incl. shipping.

 

 

Now to order the parts I need

 

 

Ps. Haven't checked the pitch yet.

[Helen]

Congrats, have lots of fun with it.

[otsaku]

Thanks. It is already exerting a lot of pull on me.

 

Went out for an hour and all I could think about was coming home to it

[laticsrblu]

Just wondering how your getting on with your Lachenal - Kave you tried to restore it? How did it go?

[richard]

Hi

 

Your description reminded me of the one eyed, three legged, deaf old dog named Lucky!

 

Good luck,

 

Richard