Wheatstone 40 Key C/g Aeola For Sale

[David S]

WHEATSTONE 40 KEY AEOLA C/G No: 58842 £2,500.00

In very good condition and tune (A440) with sound unpatched bellows and airtight action. I bought it a couple of years ago with the intention (with 40 keys) of playing outside the home keys and using more innovative chords and fingerings on runs, but I can't, and still only use the 32 buttons as found on my much older Linota.

30 + years ago when I owned a 38(?) key Crabb I did use more of the alternative and additional buttons but now I am accepting my limitations as an intuitive player and selling the Aeola - hopefully to someone who will make better use of it than me.

The Aeola was once owned and played by Yvonne Griffin whose initial is on the front of the serviceable case and whose name is inside the lid.

I hope that it will be of interest to a player rather than a collector or dealer which is why I'm selling it here rather than Ebay although a similar Aeola sold recently in Australia for £2750!

Postage would be around £15 in the UK or you can collect the concertina from me.... I work near Ely, in Cambridgeshire and you can come and see the instrument most any day; contact me by email first. I'll also be glad to answer any questions on the forum if the answers are of general interest.