Martin Essery Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 I am awaiting receipt of an 81 key Aeola MacCann. What a behemoth! I shall name him Brutus Maximus 😄 I was wondering how many of that size were made? Is there a record? This one comes with the original purchase receipt for Feb. 1925. Is that 29980 the stock number? Where would I look to confirm when I have the instrument?  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Crossland Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Neil Wayne has an 81 and an 84 in the Concertina Museum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) How about this monster (picture from The Salvationist) Â Edited July 15, 2023 by SteveS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 51 minutes ago, Bill Crossland said: Neil Wayne has an 81 and an 84 in the Concertina Museum The 81 is already copious in its breadth. I wonder which 3 notes were important enough to make an 84? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted July 15, 2023 Author Share Posted July 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, SteveS said: How about this monster (picture from The Salvationist) Â Wow! A church organ in a box! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 http://www.horniman.info/DKNSARC/SD02/IMAGES/D2P0100D.JPG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted July 16, 2023 Author Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, John Wild said: http://www.horniman.info/DKNSARC/SD02/IMAGES/D2P0100D.JPG Thank you, so great to see when it was born. Silly me, of course the number is in the photo when I blew it up 😄 Having a look through that book from 1923 to 1935, around 20 other 81 key instruments were made, so, I am guessing in total that around 100 must have been made. I wonder how many still survive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4to5to6 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Ledger date is Dec 24, 1923 yet receipt appears to be Feb 14, 1925… over a year later.  It sat on the shelf for almost 14 months waiting to be sold???  Interesting.  I am curious.., what is the range of notes on each side? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 We might speculate that it was a second-hand instrument, taken in part exchange. Possibly not the most likely explanation but within the range of possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadbrewer Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) I have a similar instrument...unfortunately it is packed away at the moment...I'll put my serial number on here asap.   Edit...mine is number 28100...May 12th 1919.  Edited August 14, 2023 by sadbrewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Essery Posted September 26, 2023 Author Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 7/22/2023 at 4:58 PM, 4to5to6 said: Ledger date is Dec 24, 1923 yet receipt appears to be Feb 14, 1925… over a year later.  It sat on the shelf for almost 14 months waiting to be sold???  Interesting.  I am curious.., what is the range of notes on each side? Page 9 in the Rutterford Tutor 🙂 Rutterford-Duet-Concertina-Tutor-FourthEd.pdf I bought it to play the Bach cello works at pitch. Long way to go yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I have 29406, which appears to be one of a batch of two, one ebony one nickel. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.elliott Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Fancy hand cutting that fretwork! be a bit of a bugger if you make a mistake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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