'J. HINTON Maker & Repairer' label on a Lachenal 20b Anglo #54113

[nkgibbs]

It might just be a case of 'getting out more' but I hadn't come across this 'maker's' label before.

 

[Stephen Chambers]

There's another one, fancier with fretcut rosewood ends, in the Horniman Museum collection: 

 

Anglo-German system. Serial number 59258. Oval paper dealer's label: 'J. Hinton, Maker and Repairer, 182 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham.' 6.19" diameter, flat rosewood ends, fully fretted, bevelled, red leather backing. Later straps, one original brass screw, trade mark on right-hand hand bar. Five-fold black leather bellows with gold star papers. Round-end steel reeds.

[nkgibbs]

Many thanks Stephen,

#54113 is the twin of the Horniman #59258 and both c1879?

Strangely, no STEEL REEDS mark on #54113 but they are steel!

Best wishes,

Neil

[Stephen Chambers]

On 11/14/2024 at 6:58 PM, nkgibbs said:

Strangely, no STEEL REEDS mark on #54113 but they are steel!

 

That doesn't surprise me at all, the mahogany-ended ones with spindle-cut fretwork were available with brass or steel reeds, which made the STEEL REEDS mark important, to differentiate between them, but the rosewood-ended "Newly Improved" ones, with hand-fretcut ends, were only available with steel reeds - making the distinction unnecessary.

 

It would not be untypical for early examples to not be so-stamped, and of the three 20-key "Newly Improved" Anglos that I have at the moment, neither 81498, nor 141666 is stamped STEEL REEDS, but 165979 is...

 

 

 

 

Edited November 17 by Stephen Chambers
Edited to add to second paragraph

[Davelee]

I have a 20 button John Hinton in my collection.No 46877. When I did some research some years ago he started off as an apprentice carpenter (1871) following censuses he was either dealer or maker.He died young 49 in 1899.

Dave

[nkgibbs]

Many thanks Stephen & Dave for the interesting information on 'Newly Improved' Anglos and John Hinton.

Best wishes, Neil