Crabb 30 Button C/g (1933-1953) On Ebay

[ben]

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Edited March 3, 2008 by Ben Otto

[Lawrence Reeves]

The listing implies a reasonable reserve price. I am curious about the very simple endplates. Do these seem as though they might keep the instrument from having as much bite as one with a more open fretwork?

[ben]

The listing implies a reasonable reserve price. I am curious about the very simple endplates. Do these seem as though they might keep the instrument from having as much bite as one with a more open fretwork?

 

Perhaps Geoff Crabb or one of our esteemed concertina experts may provide insight?

[tmborden]

I was pretty interested in this concertina but ended up deciding to order a new Edgley anglo instead (I'm a relative beginner ITM player and couldn't pull the trigger on buying an unfamiliar used concertina online). For future reference, however, I am very curious as to why there hasn't been much or any interest in this Crabb from people here on c.net or on eBay. It does seem to be a nice anglo concertina, from a quality era, in good restored condition, at a reasonable price (compared to what some other Crabbs have gone for). Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

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Edited March 7, 2008 by tmborden

[Paul Read]

I was pretty interested in this concertina but ended up deciding to order a new Edgley anglo instead (I'm a relative beginner ITM player and couldn't pull the trigger on buying an unfamiliar used concertina online). For future reference, however, I am very curious as to why there hasn't been much or any interest in this Crabb from people here on c.net or on eBay. It does seem to be a nice anglo concertina, from a quality era, in good restored condition, at a reasonable price (compared to what some other Crabbs have gone for). Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

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I'm selling this one for a friend. I think it is the simple end plates that are putting people off. It plays just as well as equivalent 1950s Wheatstones (the ones with the proper dovetailed reed pans). It was restored by Willie Van Wyk in South Africa and he is an excellent craftsman. It has a good set of 8-fold bellows but I can't tell whether they are new ones or original. Of course it has the rivetted action which the later Wheatstones didn't have and is a much better player than your usual Lachenal. The Wheatstones go at around $4500 so it's a bargain waiting for someone. I may even go for it myself if it doesn't go on ebay!

[Daniel Hersh]

I suspect that the end plate design is the problem too -- it's not the look that people expect for a good concertina. I wonder what it would cost to get someone to build a new set in the old Crabb/Jeffries style...

 

Daniel

 

I was pretty interested in this concertina but ended up deciding to order a new Edgley anglo instead (I'm a relative beginner ITM player and couldn't pull the trigger on buying an unfamiliar used concertina online). For future reference, however, I am very curious as to why there hasn't been much or any interest in this Crabb from people here on c.net or on eBay. It does seem to be a nice anglo concertina, from a quality era, in good restored condition, at a reasonable price (compared to what some other Crabbs have gone for). Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...ME:B:EF:CA:1123

I'm selling this one for a friend. I think it is the simple end plates that are putting people off. It plays just as well as equivalent 1950s Wheatstones (the ones with the proper dovetailed reed pans). It was restored by Willie Van Wyk in South Africa and he is an excellent craftsman. It has a good set of 8-fold bellows but I can't tell whether they are new ones or original. Of course it has the rivetted action which the later Wheatstones didn't have and is a much better player than your usual Lachenal. The Wheatstones go at around $4500 so it's a bargain waiting for someone. I may even go for it myself if it doesn't go on ebay!

[Paul Read]

I suspect that the end plate design is the problem too -- it's not the look that people expect for a good concertina. I wonder what it would cost to get someone to build a new set in the old Crabb/Jeffries style...

 

Daniel

That crossed my mind too. Perhaps Norman or John Connor?

[Daniel Hersh]

I wonder if Geoff Crabb might be interested, since it's one of his family's instruments. But I'm also wondering if a non-musical precision metal shop might be able to do the job.

 

I suspect that the end plate design is the problem too -- it's not the look that people expect for a good concertina. I wonder what it would cost to get someone to build a new set in the old Crabb/Jeffries style...

 

Daniel

That crossed my mind too. Perhaps Norman or John Connor?