Interesting thread resolved

[sadbrewer]

 

[sadbrewer]

https://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?/topic/13367-whats-this/&tab=comments#comment-216354

 

[Stephen Chambers]

Ken,

 

Could you merge the original thread in Buy & Sell into this one?

 

There's some interesting concertina history here!

[Ken_Coles]

Stephen,

 

I just moved that thread to Concertina History. I didn't merge this into it as it doesn't appear to add anything to the story - tell me if I'm mistaken.

 

Ken

[sadbrewer]

Hi All...it seems as though the idea lasted for a few years at least, this Ad was from 1927.

 

 

[sadbrewer]

An expalnation from 1921

 

 

Further from 1927

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by sadbrewer

[Stephen Chambers]

12 hours ago, sadbrewer said:

An expalnation from 1921

 

 

I was about to ask you the dates of the newspaper articles sadbrewer, but you've beaten me to it.

 

I'd also wondered if William Mitchell might have patented his invention, so the 1912 date in this 1921 article set me looking at my photocopies of Patent Abridgements (I spent a very useful day in the British Library, some 25 years ago, scouring through their Patent Abridgements 1859-1929 - looking for concertina-related patents), but I discovered that his Oct. 26 1912 Patent #24,523 was for a rather different model:

 

 

It seems the instrument that was sold at auction in 2011 conforms more to the descriptions given in his subsequent patents.

 

Aug. 5 1925 Patent #259,703;

 

 

July 8 1926 #260,199;

 

 

And April 3 1930 #338,094:

 

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Stephen Chambers

[Bassconcertina.net]

On 10/26/2021 at 6:12 AM, sadbrewer said:

Hi All...it seems as though the idea lasted for a few years at least, this Ad was from 1927.

 

 

it seems like they had plans to make a bass one, im interested

[sadbrewer]

From Dec 1913.

 

 

From 1927.

 

 

1928

 

Edited October 28, 2021 by sadbrewer

[sadbrewer]

On 10/26/2021 at 7:53 PM, Stephen Chambers said:

 

I was about to ask you the dates of the newspaper articles sadbrewer, but you've beaten me to it.

 

I'd also wondered if William Mitchell might have patented his invention, so the 1912 date in this 1921 article set me looking at my photocopies of Patent Abridgements (I spent a very useful day in the British Library, some 25 years ago, scouring through their Patent Abridgements 1859-1929 - looking for concertina-related patents), but I discovered that his Oct. 26 1912 Patent #24,523 was for a rather different model:

 

 

It seems the instrument that was sold at auction in 2011 conforms more to the descriptions given in his subsequent patents.

 

Aug. 5 1925 Patent #259,703;

 

 

July 8 1926 #260,199;

 

 

And April 3 1930 #338,094:

 

 

 

Just to follow this up Stephen, an article written a few years later said the initial patent lapsed in 1916.

  I'll post the article asap.

Andy

[sadbrewer]

From 1st April 1927

 

 

[sadbrewer]

Second Part

 

 

Edited October 31, 2021 by sadbrewer