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Who made this English Concertina?


Peter Smith

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I have a 48 button English concertina in a poor state. I have been trying to find out who made it but without success.

I have attached a couple of pictures below, showing the right end, action board and reed bed.

A couple of things I have noted:

  • It has the serial number 2366 stamped on the action board, reed bed & bellows and the has rivited levers.
  • The brass reeds appear to have quite large screws holding the reeds.
  • The buttons are quite well worn and look like ivory

Any help you could give me to identify the maker of this concertina would be appreciated.

Peter

 

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Left Action board & reeds.JPG

Reeds.jpg

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My first reaction was a Jones, Wheatstone reeds were narrower, both used riveted actions but the jones pivot posts had a flared profile below the rivet area. do you have a better photo of an action post on sideways please?

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Many thanks for your comments, Dave.

I'm sorry for the poor pictures & someone else has now taken on this concertina, so I cann't get any more pictures.

I used the concertina museum collection (http://www.concertinamuseum.com/) to try to compare the fretwork to identify the concertina make, as in my post of 11th August. I have owned a few Jones concertinas and the reeds on this concertina did not look like those on a Jones. Maybe its not a Wheatstone either but I do not have the skill or time to re-make concertina ends, so passed it on to someone else to look at.

Thanks

Peter

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