Lachenal 39 key A/E anglo - top model Now sold

[doodle]

NOW SOLD Superb Lachenal anglo concertina for sale. This is Lachenal's top model, which was fully overhauled in April 2021, when it was converted from Ab/Eb to A/E by Theo Gibb (well respected restorer of concertinas and melodeons) for my use on a music project.

 

Condition is absolutely excellent and it plays really well with good response, dynamic range and lovely rounded, mellow, but bright, tone, being only 1 note above a G/D.  It's a 39 key, so has all the buttons you really need without too much weight and is airtight, in tune and ready for anything!  Cosmetically it is absolutely spot-on, the ends are clear and shiny and the bellows smart and supple. This instrument is not to be confused with the cheaper, more sluggish playing models from Lachenal. It is a top player not too far behind the vastly more expensive models from Wheatstone or Jeffries in terms of tone and playability, especially as it has been brilliantly set-up by a skilled restorer.

 

Serial number is: 196487 - a 1920's instrument and it is unusual for a Lachenal in being a 39 key model with parallel reed chambers and original 7 fold bellows - altogether very desirable according to Theo Gibb.

 

It's as good as it gets for a top metal ended Lachenal and deserves to be played more than I'm able, these days.

 

Sales are limited to UK only.  Instrument is listed elsewhere.

 

Price is £2500.00 + delivery/postage/insurance. Non insulting offers considered!!

Edited July 13, 2024 by doodle
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Bump! with extra information.