vicrob Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 :: Hi folks, I'm a new convert to the concertina, I have always wanted one and recently bought a 20 key anglo in c/g, It's a Lachenal and badged Metzler with serial number 51558. This concertina is in my opinion is in excellent condition and came with original wooden box . I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it, age etc. I just joined the forum and looking foward to learning about concertinas. Thanks Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Would that be this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=7385911301 ? Daniel :: Hi folks, I'm a new convert to the concertina, I have always wanted one and recently bought a 20 key anglo in c/g, It's a Lachenal and badged Metzler with serial number 51558. This concertina is in my opinion is in excellent condition and came with original wooden box . I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it, age etc.I just joined the forum and looking foward to learning about concertinas. Thanks Vic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) Lachenal and badged Metzler with serial number 51558 Heh - I almost went for that one myself. : ) I researched it a bit; based on the Lachenal dating guide here, I figured it was made just before 1900. And I went through my (small) repertoire of Irish tunes and discovered that fully half of them would work on it easily, even though it only has 20 buttons. It looks like a nice instrument. How does it play? Edited February 8, 2006 by Baxter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Read Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) it looks like a nice instrument, how does it play? Push the ends in and out while pressing the buttons Edited February 8, 2006 by Paul Read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicrob Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 it looks like a nice instrument, how does it play? Push the ends in and out while pressing the buttons Hi Paul, I have only had this for a day , and am very pleased with it, I have operated the bellows without pressing the buttons and find there is only a slight bit of air from the air button side escaping, is this normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicrob Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Would that be this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=7385911301 ? Daniel :: Hi folks, I'm a new convert to the concertina, I have always wanted one and recently bought a 20 key anglo in c/g, It's a Lachenal and badged Metzler with serial number 51558. This concertina is in my opinion is in excellent condition and came with original wooden box . I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it, age etc. I just joined the forum and looking foward to learning about concertinas. Thanks Vic. No Daniel it was e-bay 7003289427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I think you mixed up your ebay ID #'s--that one's a book called Keeper of the Bees, bought by the same purchaser (presumably you). If I had looked more carefully I would have seen that the ID I first suggested was correct, as the serial numbers match. Daniel Would that be this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=7385911301 ? :: Hi folks, I'm a new convert to the concertina, I have always wanted one and recently bought a 20 key anglo in c/g, It's a Lachenal and badged Metzler with serial number 51558. This concertina is in my opinion is in excellent condition and came with original wooden box . I was wondering if anyone could tell me more about it, age etc. I just joined the forum and looking foward to learning about concertinas. Thanks Vic. No Daniel it was e-bay 7003289427 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Read Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 (edited) it looks like a nice instrument, how does it play? Push the ends in and out while pressing the buttons Hi Paul, I have only had this for a day , and am very pleased with it, I have operated the bellows without pressing the buttons and find there is only a slight bit of air from the air button side escaping, is this normal? It was a poor effort at a joke............. but since you ask; in a perfect world you would want no air to escape when you push in the bellows without pushing a button. There is probably a pad that is not seated properly although these old 20-button Lachenal are somewhat prone to being leaky. One bit of advice; don't push or pull the bellows without pushing a button. You can easily cause damage that way. Good luck with the 20B Edited February 8, 2006 by Paul Read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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