Need Help.. Lachenal Anglo 20 button with unusual label..

[Chris Abbott]

Just obtained an old Lachenal in bad condition for restoration as i am disabled and was an instrument restorer and now use my time up as a hobby. Am really confused by the part label.. Can anyone shed any light on it.. In case it helps all internal parts including bellows are numbered 108244.. Thanks in advance for any help offered..  chris.

[alex_holden]

I think it should look like this.

[Mike Franch]

Which raises the question in my mind (hope this isn't thread drift) when did British concertina makers drop the "German" and just market "Anglos?"

[Stephen Chambers]

14 minutes ago, Mike Franch said:

Which raises the question in my mind (hope this isn't thread drift) when did British concertina makers drop the "German" and just market "Anglos?"

 

World War One Mike, which (I'm coincidentally reminded) ended on this day 103 years ago.

 

When the worst thig you could be was German, so that German shepherd dogs became Alsatians, and the Lachenal family (in England) changed its name to La Chenal... 

[Stephen Chambers]

There's a lot of information about Murdoch's in this old thread Chris Abbott: What Has Happened To This Poor Beast?

 

By the  latest estimates, your Lachenal Anglo #108244 would probably have been made towards the end of 1889.