56 Key Amboyna Aeola

[Andie]

This may be of interest to someone ........... http://cgi.ebay.com/Wheatstone-31987-Aeola...8QQcmdZViewItem

 

Cheers!

 

Andie

[Chris Drinkwater]

This may be of interest to someone ........... http://cgi.ebay.com/Wheatstone-31987-Aeola...8QQcmdZViewItem

 

Cheers!

 

Andie

 

Absolutely gorgeous! Can anyone lend me four grand?

 

Chris

[Stephen Chambers]

I had the uneasy feeling that I'd seen this instrument before, but to my relief I discovered that that was on C.net earlier in the year when it was the subject of an earlier thread: http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php...08&hl=31987

 

I admired it greatly then, and thought it would make a lovely companion for my 1926 amboyna tenor-treble, but that's a hefty amount he's wanting to start it at...

 

Anyway, I don't need it. I've just got Alf's box, which is a super treble!

[Stephen Chambers]

I do not need another treble

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I do not need another treble

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I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

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I do not need another treble

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But it is gorgeous...

[steve139]

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

 

But it is gorgeous...

 

Sure you do Stephen!

[Dirge]

Undoubtedly right. I need just one more at the moment...

[Greg Jowaisas]

Addition by subtraction (Loosely to the tune of We Wish You A Merry Christmas):

 

I do not need another treble!

I know no need for other trebles!

Indeed I need another treble!

And it's amboyna too!

 

In the true tradition of The Harvest Festival, Solstice, Saturnalia, Wassail, Christmas and Mastercard...

GO FOR IT! and let the fiscal New Year sort itself out.

 

We are all behind you all the way to the poorhouse.

 

Greg

[Dirge]

Can I buy another duet please sir?

[Stephen Chambers]

We are all behind you all the way to the poorhouse.

 

Can I buy another duet please sir?

"More? You want more?"

 

Dirge, It'll be Christmas Day in the workhouse soon enough for both thee and me if we go on like this...

Edited December 19, 2007 by Stephen Chambers

[Stephen Chambers]

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

I do not need another treble

 

But it is gorgeous...

 

Sure you do Stephen!

You would say that , you're selling it!

 

 

Mind you, I took Alf's box out with me tonight for the first time, to the session in Kilrush, and it is magnificent - it has a fantastic dynamic range that makes people listen to it, even the drunks in a large and noisy pub! In fact everybody wanted to "have a go" on it, including the Anglo players...

 

I do not need another treble...

Edited December 16, 2007 by Stephen Chambers

[Greg Jowaisas]

Along the lines of "Oh! Dear, What Can the Matter Be?":

 

I do not need, a 'nother treble.

Temptation is here, to test my mettle.

Oh what the h...! Let's dance with the devil,

And she's amboyna too.

 

I'm glad you are enjoying the Alf, Stephen. It may give you strength, but I suspect we are watching a drowning man. I, for one, might just as well be looking in the mirror.

 

My sympathies and regards,

 

Greg

[Stephen Chambers]

I'm glad you are enjoying the Alf, Stephen. It may give you strength, but I suspect we are watching a drowning man. I, for one, might just as well be looking in the mirror.

 

My sympathies and regards

 

Thanks Greg,

 

It's pure greed really, I've already got this amboyna tenor-treble:

 

 

... and frankly I've got my perfect treble in Alf's one. Indeed, I often said that I thought the ideal combination was the contrast of a sweet-sounding wooden-ended tenor-treble and a bright metal-ended treble (when most people seemed to go for a metal-ended tenor-treble and a wooden-ended treble - to try to "equalise" the sound of them), and now I've got it at last.

 

I do not need another treble...

 

But I do need a new kitchen...

Edited December 17, 2007 by Stephen Chambers

[Pete Dunk]

It's pure greed really

 

I do not need another treble...

 

Let's face it Stephen you need it because you're weak. :lol:

[Robin Harrison]

I do not need another treble...

.............I think you're wavering,Stephen !

[DDF]

Stephen whilst your on this subject I wonder whether you would be kind enough to roughly date mine.It has dovetailed reeds and riveted levers and its serial No 9008.Ive owned it many years and have often wondered about its age.Many thanks,David.Sorry the picture is not very good.

[Paul Read]

Stephen whilst your on this subject I wonder whether you would be kind enough to roughly date mine.It has dovetailed reeds and riveted levers and its serial No 9008.Ive owned it many years and have often wondered about its age.Many thanks,David.Sorry the picture is not very good.

If it's a Wheatstone I can't see how the number can be correct (could it be 29008?) Or is it a Crabb perhaps?

 

Having checked the ledgers and price lists, I'm betting it is 29008. This would make it a model 19 (aeola tenor treble) from late 1921. Seems to fit the photo.

Edited December 16, 2007 by Paul Read

[Stephen Chambers]

Stephen whilst your on this subject I wonder whether you would be kind enough to roughly date mine.It has dovetailed reeds and riveted levers and its serial No 9008.Ive owned it many years and have often wondered about its age.Many thanks,David.Sorry the picture is not very good.

If it's a Wheatstone I can't see how the number can be correct (could it be 29008?) Or is it a Crabb perhaps?

 

Having checked the ledgers and price lists, I'm betting it is 29008. This would make it a model 19 (aeola tenor treble) from late 1921. Seems to fit the photo.

The instrument is certainly a bit of a puzzle as several things seem not to be "right" about it, like rosewood (?) ends, the finger plates and the oval badge, not forgetting the serial number...

 

I too wonder if it shouldn't be #29008, which was built as a metal-ended instrument, and it has been modified at a later date. It even has the SV (single valve - windkey) and WS (wrist straps) that 29008 is listed as having. Does it have the batch number 10 stamped inside it by any chance?

 

If so, the original date is 12th November 1921.

[DDF]

Stephen whilst your on this subject I wonder whether you would be kind enough to roughly date mine.It has dovetailed reeds and riveted levers and its serial No 9008.Ive owned it many years and have often wondered about its age.Many thanks,David.Sorry the picture is not very good.

If it's a Wheatstone I can't see how the number can be correct (could it be 29008?) Or is it a Crabb perhaps?

 

Having checked the ledgers and price lists, I'm betting it is 29008. This would make it a model 19 (aeola tenor treble) from late 1921. Seems to fit the photo.

The instrument is certainly a bit of a puzzle as several things seem not to be "right" about it, like rosewood (?) ends, the finger plates and the oval badge, not forgetting the serial number...

 

I too wonder if it shouldn't be #29008, which was built as a metal-ended instrument, and it has been modified at a later date. It even has the SV (single valve - windkey) and WS (wrist straps) that 29008 is listed as having. Does it have the batch number 10 stamped inside it by any chance?

 

If so, the original date is 12th November 1921.

Thanks Paul and Stephen,I have always assumed it was a Wheatstone but maybe it is a Crabb.The sn is 9008 which always puzzled me.The ends are very figured amboyna.The oval plate isfor A.M Ross,principal 499Maryhill rd Glasgow.A retailer and shool if I remember rightly.All the fitting were Gilt but rather thinly I guess as the condition of everything else is superb.Inside it is like new with Ross's ink stamps on the reed boards.I think it is unlikely to be altered as I bought it from the granddaughter of the original owner.I will take off an end to see if it has a batch number and see if there is any other features I have forgotten about.That picture must be even worse than I thought if it looks like rosewood.Time to take some better ones ,that one was for insurance purposes and not a true representation.David