Chas11H Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 67 button 8 bellow Wheatstone Concertina for sale. Serial No. 37000. Chrome buttons and frets. Good working order with the original (rather tired) leather box. Offers. E-mail chas-chashall@orange.fr for pictures or skype me for a demo. This is one of two concertinas I inherited from my late fathers collection of 8 Wheatstones. The smallest being about 100mm hexagonal with I would think 2 octaves and the largest was a monster of 100+ buttons. Unfortunately I did not inherit his ability to make them talk. His favoured music was Sousa marches but the "Lost Chord" was his special piece. He was self taught and could play by ear. You whistle it and he would play it. The Beatles, Jazz and R & R was not beyond his compass and I have yet to hear anyone on any recording or website who could hold a candle to him. It is quite remarkable the versatility of these instruments in the hands of an expert. To hear "Bells of St Mary" played at full volume with the concertina being swung in a circle at full arms length was something else. I could go on.......... Regards, Chas Hall. Merignac, France. PS. I will make the appropriate donation if it is sold through this forum.
Chris Drinkwater Posted May 11, 2009 Posted May 11, 2009 Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect? Chris
Dave Lawton Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Hi Chas... any pictures? This will help us tell what you have there.... Dave
Chas11H Posted May 12, 2009 Author Posted May 12, 2009 Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect? Chris Thanks Chris, my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!! Regards. Chas
Chas11H Posted May 12, 2009 Author Posted May 12, 2009 Hi Chas... any pictures? This will help us tell what you have there....Dave Hi Dave, how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens. Regards Chas.
PeterT Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect? Chris Thanks Chris, my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!! Regards. Chas No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet.
Chris Drinkwater Posted May 12, 2009 Posted May 12, 2009 Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect? Chris Thanks Chris, my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!! Regards. Chas No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet. That makes sense! Chris
Chas11H Posted May 13, 2009 Author Posted May 13, 2009 Well, serial no. 37000 is a model 2E dating from 1969. A model 2E, is a rosewood-ended 48 key treble, so something wrong here. Maybe the serial no. is incorrect? Chris Thanks Chris, my mistake. The number is 30700 not 37000. Sorry!!!!!! Regards. Chas No. 30700 is model no.39, a 67 key Maccann Duet. Thanks again Chris. I have now found its archive entry. 31st July 1925 Who goes to all the trouble to collate all the information. I had no idea concertinas were so highly regarded. My Dad would have loved all this. Regards again, Chas
Marien Posted May 18, 2009 Posted May 18, 2009 how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens.Regards Chas. 1. Create a reply 2. Browse the picture files first, then upload 3. after the pictures have been uploaded put the cursor in the message where you want to have the picture. 4. click on "Manage Current Attachments" and the rest is a piece of cake (if I remember well).
Chas11H Posted May 19, 2009 Author Posted May 19, 2009 how do you attach pics? I browsed, opened the pic pressed UPLOAD and nothing happens.Regards Chas. 1. Create a reply 2. Browse the picture files first, then upload 3. after the pictures have been uploaded put the cursor in the message where you want to have the picture. 4. click on "Manage Current Attachments" and the rest is a piece of cake (if I remember well). Thanks Marien, I shall try it now.!!! Regards, Chas I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0)
PeterT Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0) Hi Chas, My turn into bat. Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload. (1) Browse for first photo. (2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1). (3) Repeat for any further photos. On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!). As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago. Good luck! Peter.
Paul Read Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0) Hi Chas, My turn into bat. Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload. (1) Browse for first photo. (2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1). (3) Repeat for any further photos. On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!). As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago. Good luck! Peter. So those were Hummers before they were re-sized?
PeterT Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 So those were Hummers before they were re-sized? Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads.
Marien Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 So those were Hummers before they were re-sized? Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads. Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger?
Theo Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 So those were Hummers before they were re-sized? Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads. Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger? No, same size as for English roads, but fitted with midge bars.
drbones Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 So those were Hummers before they were re-sized? Yes; scaled down to fit our English roads. Do you have a picture of a re-re-sized Hummer to fit the scottish roads? Would it be smaller or bigger? No, same size as for English roads, but fitted with midge bars. And a full bar under the bonnet.
Chas11H Posted May 19, 2009 Author Posted May 19, 2009 I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0) Hi Chas, My turn into bat. Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload. (1) Browse for first photo. (2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1). (3) Repeat for any further photos. On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!). As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago. Good luck! Peter. Thanks Peter, I will try again when I have a couple of hours to spare. By the way, how ever did we get from concertinas to hummers with midge bars ??? Regards, Chas.
Patrick King Posted May 19, 2009 Posted May 19, 2009 I tried but "manage current attachments" shows (0) Hi Chas, My turn into bat. Firstly; the total available size for uploads is limited (4.39MB) so photos have to be re-sized before upload. (1) Browse for first photo. (2) Select/open/upload. Manage Current Attachments will show (1). (3) Repeat for any further photos. On your message, click on Preview Post/Add reply (which should include the attachments, although you will not see them until the post has gone "live"!). As an example, you'll see that I've added what might be known in the trade as a "Bastari" (i.e. Italian job); a photo which I posted on another website a couple of days ago. Good luck! Peter. Thanks Peter, I will try again when I have a couple of hours to spare. By the way, how ever did we get from concertinas to hummers with midge bars ??? Regards, Chas. Yes, Chas, I wondered how we did. Pretty funny though. Always time for a good joke or 2. You should see pictures of vehicles they used in WWI and WWII. They look like those old fashioned cars at Car shows. Regards, Patrick P.S. I wish I had the skill of being able to make jokes like those 'hummers' up, but I can usually make some good ones up.
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