miikae Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) An interesting 1853 Wheatstone on ebay HERE seller has a couple of tinas too. If the link does not work then item number 260365165371 Mike Edited February 20, 2009 by miikae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hereward Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 An interesting 1853 Wheatstone on ebay HERE seller has a couple of tinas too. If the link does not work then item number 260365165371 Mike I'm no expert but that does seem rather a high asking price to me. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miikae Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 I believe the seller is a well known Aussie restorer who's name eludes me at the moment and i feel sure he pops on here from time to time , looks like it may be a Baritone single action by the size of those reeds but i may well be wrong. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djangojessie Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 I believe the seller is a well known Aussie restorer who's name eludes me at the moment and i feel sure he pops on here from time to time , looks like it may be a Baritone single action by the size of those reeds but i may well be wrong. Mike No not a restorer...Thats Richard Evans or Malcom Clapp...I am just a seller Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miikae Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Argh thanks for that Patrick as i was maybe thinking of Malcolm Clapp , tis late and i should realy be in bed by now . I have noticed that you do have a few for sale now and then , is it a Baritone by the way. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adey Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 ..., looks like it may be a Baritone single action by the size of those reeds but i may well be wrong. Mike I'd agree with that. It shows in the ledgers as being originally purchased on May 10th 1853. My interest was sparked by having today played a single action Wheatsone baritone from 1876 that is on loan to a friend. It is the most beautifully toned instrument I have ever come across, but is, sadly, not for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Stout Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 looks like it may be a Baritone single action by the size of those reeds but i may well be wrong. Mike I was thinking single action bass. A baritone wouldn't need to be stretched to get 44 keys. Also, those reeds look bigger than the ones in my baritone of the same era (which is a standard radial layout and has two reeds per key). Unfortunately the ledgers from that period don't say what model was sold. The original price on this one was 7 pounds 7 shillings--- pretty steep for that era, though not the most expensive on its page. I wonder which button gives middle C. A bass would be rarer, I think; though old baritones aren't exactly common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djangojessie Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Hi Mike Yes i do have concertinas from time to time and many go straight to dealers. I do have a few good ones on the way. May take them back to Ireland with me later this year ? Are you looking for anything ? I spoke to Richard Evans ( kookburra concertinas Australia ) about the elongated Wheatstone and Richard tells me its a Single Action Bass Concertina. There you go. Patrick djangojessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Harrison Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 My guess would be a baritone bass. I had one that had 43 buttons ( 1905) and from comparing to photos in the Horniman archive, was probably a Clarionette...............it sounded like a woodwind instrument . Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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