Squeezebox Of Delights Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Here's an oddity I just discovered on eBay. It appears to be a fairly standard Lachenal Maccann duet that has been modified to make the ends unusually long, for music-hall performance. I imagine it's a one-off; I've certainly never seen anything like it, and I thought the good people of concertina.net might be interested. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325259378720?hash=item4bbaf84020:g:A~4AAOSwxGlixx66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Mellish Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Oddity indeed! In the words of Eccles "You learn something new every day". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Would love to see the insides of this one, why the ends are so elongated. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Might it have to do with increasing volume for stage performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanie Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Maybe is was to accomodate the amplifier and loudspeakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Maybe something was hidden inside the ends? for surprise effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikefule Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 It says up to 20 special effects. Those ends probably enclose bells and duck calls and bike horns etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Mellish Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 (edited) Either still there on eBay or re-listed. It's to be hoped someone on here buys it and can tell us more about it, but that may not happen at the currently quoted price. Edited September 3 by Richard Mellish Corrected a typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Anderson Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 When saw it here a while ago I wondered if it might have been intended to be played by two people (assuming they were good friends). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Thorne Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 On 7/11/2022 at 1:54 PM, SIMON GABRIELOW said: Maybe something was hidden inside the ends? for surprise effect? What, like Doves, or bunches of flowers?😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GABRIELOW Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Yes, that's probably the idea; or an impossibly big extra concertina, then inside even that.. going down in sizes ( like the Russian dolls that stack inside each other!)..to the to y lite one!😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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