Newbies to concertinas Louis Lachenal

[marktinkerman]

Hi I recently acquired a Louis Lachenal  32 button steel reed "rosewood" ended concertina. Number 22886. Any info much appreciated. Mark

Edited September 29 by marktinkerman
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[Sean M]

I don't know a ton but I think two good places to look are:

 

http://www.concertina.com/chambers/lachenal-production/

 

That second link has 35 pages so a lot to look through but I quoted that specific post because it mentions the labels changing from "Louis Lachenal" to "Lachenal & Co" around 1873. I was skimming through but couldn't find any Anglos in the 22,000 range of serial numbers. Seems like English, Anglos and Duets all have separate serial numbering lists

[David Barnert]

It would be a good idea to post a query at this thread:

 

 

Be sure to mention that it’s a 32-button anglo.

[d.elliott]

There are three serialisation sequences for Lachenal, English, Anglo and Duets, yours is an Anglo and 22886 comes in at an estimated 1872 vintage. This is taken from the information released to me by the C.net gurus who host the thread.

[Richard Mellish]

There is no sign of an air button, so the picture is presumably of the left-hand end. Although one button is missing, there would be 16, with one extra (relative to the usual 30 button layout) on the middle row. Is that unusual?

Edit: corrected "right-hand" to "left-hand".

Edited November 10 by Richard Mellish

[Clive Thorne]

8 hours ago, Richard Mellish said:

There is no sign of an air button, so the picture is presumably of the right-hand end. Although one button is missing, there would be 16, with one extra (relative to the usual 30 button layout) on the middle row. Is that unusual?

Did you mean left hand end?

[David Barnert]

12 hours ago, Richard Mellish said:

There is no sign of an air button, so the picture is presumably of the right-hand end.

3 hours ago, Clive Thorne said:

Did you mean left hand end?

 

It’s the UK, so everything’s on the other side. 

[Richard Mellish]

I did of course mean left-hand; now corrected.

Meanwhile, any observations about the 16 button layout on that end?

[Clive Thorne]

I've seen 32 button Lachenals in adverts, Barleycorn listing etc, but not in the flesh, so can't comment. I'm sure that someone will soon.

[Theo]

32 button Lachenals are fairly common.  Sometimes the two extra buttons play additional notes sometimes they are sound effects.