Twilight Zone Jeffries?

[frankdownes]

Hello Everyone,

 

Did any of you spot this?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Concertina-in-origin...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I don't know what to make of it other than someone's won the lottery (and I didn't win it).

 

Frank

Edited August 21, 2006 by frankdownes

[Leo]

Hello Everyone,

 

Did any of you spot this?

 

I don't know what to make of it other than someone's won the lottery (and I didn't win it).

 

Frank

 

Frank

 

Actually it doesnt show up in my ebay request for "worldwide" offerings. I live in the US. It looks like only one person bid on it, and perhaps another person asked him for a buy it now price that he accepted; maybe off EBay advert.; he accepted it and isn't telling anybody what the price is. I'm not sure either way.

 

This one doesn't show up either. It is listed as "new"; although the explaination mentions that she hasn't played it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/R-Morse-Co-37-button...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Thanks

Leo

Edited August 21, 2006 by Leo

[PeterT]

Hello Everyone,

 

Did any of you spot this?

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Concertina-in-origin...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I don't know what to make of it other than someone's won the lottery (and I didn't win it).

 

Frank

Now where have I seen this photo before........?

 

Paul Read posted in "Buy&Sell".

 

Regards,

Peter.

[Leo]

Now where have I seen this photo before........?

 

Paul Read posted in "Buy&Sell".

 

Regards,

Peter.

 

Coincidently??? the post by Mr. Read and the closing of the sale are so close to being the same time I might be of the mind he is the winner of the sale. I'd be that excited over a new acquisition.

 

Thanks

Leo

[Paul Read]

Yup,

 

Well spotted. I bought it after 6 minutes - just lucky timing. I'm looking forward to identifying it and starting the restoration process.

[Leo]

Yup,

 

Well spotted. I bought it after 6 minutes - just lucky timing. I'm looking forward to identifying it and starting the restoration process.

 

Paul

Congratulations!! I wish I was so lucky, persistent, etc., but if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all.

 

Identification: It's an anglo concertina with metal ends. Can't go deeper than that; my identification skills are that lacking.

 

Good luck

Thanks

Leo

Edited August 21, 2006 by Leo

[Chris Timson]

[identification: It's an anglo concertina with metal ends. Can't go deeper than that; my identification skills are that lacking.

My guess, since it was bought in South Africa and doesn't look very Wheatstone-y, would be that it's likely a Crabb. Either way you'll get your 40 quid's worth out of it.

 

Chris

[DavidFR]

Yup,

 

Well spotted. I bought it after 6 minutes - just lucky timing. I'm looking forward to identifying it and starting the restoration process.

Amazing and enviable lucky timing. Doesn't look like a Jeffries at first glance - but I'm hesitant to hazard a guess as to what it could be. Either way Paul if you get a chance it would be interesting to get a glimpse of it's innards.

[Stephen Chambers]

My guess, since it was bought in South Africa and doesn't look very Wheatstone-y, would be that it's likely a Crabb.

Nah mate, don't look Crabb-y at all, looks very Wheatstone-y if you arsk me. Like wot I already said :

 

I'm wondering if it's a 50s Wheatstone with the figure 8 badges removed.

Paul,

 

The fretwork is much too nice for a 50s one, but it could well be a 30s Wheatstone.

 

Either way you'll get your 40 quid's worth out of it.

That's for sure, no matter what it's like inside! (I was just fixing a South African one the other day that was made up from 4 different Wheatstones; the RH pan was from 1924, the LH from 1938, the metal ends and RH action board from 1954, and the bellows frames came from yet another 1938 instrument {from the same batch}, whilst the bellows & LH action board were made in South Africa! )

Edited August 22, 2006 by Stephen Chambers

[PeterT]

(I was just fixing a South African one the other day that was made up from 4 different Wheatstones; the RH pan was from 1924, the LH from 1938, the metal ends and RH action board from 1954, whilst the bellows & LH action board were made in South Africa! )

So, when asked how old the instrument is, I guess that the answer is 82 (unless there's any older bits!).

 

Regards,

Peter.

[Paul Read]

My guess, since it was bought in South Africa and doesn't look very Wheatstone-y, would be that it's likely a Crabb.

Nah mate, don't look Crabb-y at all, looks very Wheatstone-y if you arsk me. Like wot I already said :

 

I'm wondering if it's a 50s Wheatstone with the figure 8 badges removed.

Paul,

 

The fretwork is much too nice for a 50s one, but it could well be a 30s Wheatstone.

 

Either way you'll get your 40 quid's worth out of it.

 

 

When it arrives I'll post photos or report on the innards. I tend towards Stephen's assessment because the shape of the plate where the maker label has been removed looks like the later Wheatstone 'figure 8' badge would fit well. I can always hope it's a Jeffries though..............................

[Stephen Chambers]

(I was just fixing a South African one the other day that was made up from 4 different Wheatstones; the RH pan was from 1924, the LH from 1938, the metal ends and RH action board from 1954, and the bellows frames came from yet another 1938 instrument {from the same batch}, whilst the bellows & LH action board were made in South Africa! )

So, when asked how old the instrument is, I guess that the answer is 82 (unless there's any older bits!).

Peter,

 

Well it was rebuilt in South Africa on 1.9.89, so I guess you could say that it was 84, 66, 52 and also 15, all at one and the same time!

 

(Mind you, there are days when I feel like that too! )

Edited August 22, 2006 by Stephen Chambers

[JimLucas]

(I was just fixing a South African one the other day that was made up from 4 different Wheatstones; the RH pan was from 1924, the LH from 1938, the metal ends and RH action board from 1954, and the bellows frames came from yet another 1938 instrument {from the same batch}, whilst the bellows & LH action board were made in South Africa! )

So, when asked how old the instrument is, I guess that the answer is 82 (unless there's any older bits!).

Well it was rebuilt in South Africa on 1.9.89, so I guess you could say that it was 84, 66, 52 and also 15, all at one and the same time!

Uh oh! It seems this might have implications for humans, as well. E.g., if a 60-year-old gets a new heart, transplanted from a 20-year-old, is (s)he still simply 60 years old? Should (s)he celebrate separate birthdays for the heart?

[Stephen Chambers]

(I was just fixing a South African one the other day that was made up from 4 different Wheatstones; the RH pan was from 1924, the LH from 1938, the metal ends and RH action board from 1954, and the bellows frames came from yet another 1938 instrument {from the same batch}, whilst the bellows & LH action board were made in South Africa! )

So, when asked how old the instrument is, I guess that the answer is 82 (unless there's any older bits!).

Well it was rebuilt in South Africa on 1.9.89, so I guess you could say that it was 84, 66, 52 and also 15, all at one and the same time!

Uh oh! It seems this might have implications for humans, as well. E.g., if a 60-year-old gets a new heart, transplanted from a 20-year-old, is (s)he still simply 60 years old? Should (s)he celebrate separate birthdays for the heart?

Jim,

 

Heart transplants are one story (and a far more beneficial South African gift to the world), but I'm talking more like "Frankenstein's monster" here!

[Woody]

Heart transplants are one story (and a far more beneficial South African gift to the world), but I'm talking more like "Frankenstein's monster" here!

IT'S ALIVE!!!!

[Chris Timson]

Nah mate, don't look Crabb-y at all, looks very Wheatstone-y if you arsk me. Like wot I already said

Coo-er!

 

Chris

[Paul Read]

I've received the beastie. Description in the other thread.