Sad concertina

[DDF]

This poor feller seems to have had quite a hard life including a couple of" face lifts".My guess on first impressions is maybe it was radically rearranged to make it better balanced for use when standing or marching.I suspect it will be in a bit of a state internally when I open it later.I'm having a bit of trouble uploading images so I may put a few images in additional posts.David.

[DDF]

[Dirge]

Can't see what it is David. Is it an edeophone duet made into a large anglo? That's the only way I can account for lots of columns of buttons and the blanking plate.

 

Looks like butchery, certainly.

 

Edited to add.grief it bloody is. How appalling.

Edited November 4, 2008 by Dirge

[PeterT]

This poor feller seems to have had quite a hard life including a couple of" face lifts".My guess on first impressions is maybe it was radically rearranged to make it better balanced for use when standing or marching.I suspect it will be in a bit of a state internally when I open it later.

Oh my, that's really sad.

 

I'd be curious to know what you find, but it looks like a Maccann Duet converted into a huge Anglo.

[DDF]

Sad bordering on depressing.I took the ends off but it was so upsetting I just took a few more pictures and quickly put them back on.It was a 71 key duet,SN 2176.The "craftsman" who carried out the alteration has not left a calling card,guess he wasn't that poud of his efforts.All I can say is that the previous owners probably should take some of the blame as they certainly didn't give this poor soul salvation.Trying to look on the bright side I guess it would provide a good percentage of parts for someone to make a baritone anglo.But there again it might be best left to serve as sobering lesson of something.David.

[Dirge]

So has everything that wasn't needed for the Anglo been removed/blanked off?

 

The bellows might be worth something to the right man. You don't buy replacements off the shelf for big duets.

[malcolm clapp]

So has everything that wasn't needed for the Anglo been removed/blanked off?

 

Hey, Dirge,

 

If you wanted to play anglo, you could do that to one of your Maccanns. :lol: :lol:

 

And you'd have all the left over spare reeds and action parts you'd ever need....

 

MC

[Dirge]

So has everything that wasn't needed for the Anglo been removed/blanked off?

 

Hey, Dirge,

 

If you wanted to play anglo, you could do that to one of your Maccanns. :lol: :lol:

 

And you'd have all the left over spare reeds and action parts you'd ever need....

 

MC

 

It's a huge IF, matey....

 

The really sad thing about it, I presume, is that the cross sectional area of it will make it a clumsy Anglo at best, right? So, wreck a top class duet to make a second rate Anglo?

[Larry Stout]

Another sad one at

http://cgi.ebay.com/LACHENAL-CO-CONCERTINA...A1%7C240%3A1318

 

Do you suppose that the dog ate it?

[DDF]

So has everything that wasn't needed for the Anglo been removed/blanked off?

 

The bellows might be worth something to the right man. You don't buy replacements off the shelf for big duets.

Hi Dirge,Yes and Yes,I have decided to make a set of pads at the weekend and see just what sort of a pigs ear was created out of this silk purse.I reckon it will be the heaviest most unmanagable anglo in existance.But an interesting reminder of how values have changed.Regards David.

[Dieppe]

Here's another sad concertina, but this has some potential.

 

Although I thought this one was pretty sad too. Why so wavy?

[Dieppe]

Here's a sad concertina on eBay. (Item #220315121661).

 

It looks like an English layout, with the thumb straps removed, and a hand strap added. A "Medina"? #7087?

 

Some of the pictures, where it is expanded and held vertically, I can't help but imagine a poor hound puppy being held up by its ears or something.