JimLucas Posted October 11, 2003 Share Posted October 11, 2003 It's eBay item #2564291990 I just want to warn people to be careful about instruments with that number of buttons, since 36-40 is fairly standard for a lots-of-buttons anglo, but 35-38 is also fairly standard for minimal-number-of-buttons duets, and the difference in market price between the two could be a factor of 10. eBay item #2562816810, on the other hand, does appear to be a 40-button (+air) Lachenal *anglo*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Jowaisas Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 Jim, Thanks for the heads up! Is the tip off the note imprints in the button tips? And/or the button arrangement? Or the serial #? Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 12, 2003 Author Share Posted October 12, 2003 (edited) Thanks for the heads up! Is the tip off the note imprints in the button tips? And/or the button arrangement? Or the serial #? Any or all of the above. 1) I've never seen note names on the buttons of an anglo, proably since it would require two per button, and they'd be too small to either "write" or read. 2) Lachenal had a sepearate run of serial numbers for the duets, and I've never seen a Lachenal duet with a SN of more than 4 digits. (Maybe even the Cranes and Maccanns were different, but it's hard to prove, just as it's likely but hard to prove that Englishes and anglos were separate, unless and until somebody unearths a duplicate pair.) 3) But even without the other two, the button layout is too regular right-to-left and has the wrong "arc" or placement of rows & partial rows top-to-bottom. Edited October 12, 2003 by JimLucas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stayton Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 It's definitely a duet. The button arrangement exactly matches the 39b Lachenal duet in my collection. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted October 12, 2003 Author Share Posted October 12, 2003 It's definitely a duet. The button arrangement exactly matches the 39b Lachenal duet in my collection. When you say 39 buttons, is that including or excluding the air button? (Or does it even have an air button?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stayton Posted October 12, 2003 Share Posted October 12, 2003 There's no air button. It's unnecessary, I suppose, because its uni-sonoric (same note on press and draw) like an English concertina. Bob Gaskins has a button arrangement for this instrument on page 27 of his "How To Play Chords On Any MacCann Duet Concertina" publication on the MacCann website Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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