Post by Dick Glasgow on Nov 28, 2010 21:03:15 GMT
Paul Groff just sent me this interesting message!
N. B. If you are interested, you can contact Paul Groff, here:
Paul Groff
Cheers
Dick
Paul Groff here from Miami FL.
I am thinking about trading a historically interesting concertina I have had for 25 years and thought I should mention it to you.
Would consider trading for a good button accordion or melodeon (key negotiatiable, trade up or down).
This concertina is barely playable but is not and won't be a great player.
It is a Scates ca 1850 with nickel-silver reeds, more of a museum piece -- but is interesting as possibly the earliest english concertina documented to come to Ireland.
Doubtless other englishes came to Ireland earlier with Regondi, etc, but I do not think the documentation is there that they arrived earlier.
More on my instrument:
Click here: sites.google.com/site/josephscatesconcertinas/
(see footnote 18 to the Scates timeline, in the document "Joseph Scates review").
This concertina is hand-signed internally by Scates and while not as fancy as some of his instruments, has beautiful hand-fretted brazilian rosewood ends, ivory buttons, handmade riveted action, early-type square-end hand-filed reedframes.
If you or someone you know might like to trade a good box (melodeon or button accordion) for this Scates, let me know & I can take some pics.
Best,
Paul Groff
I am thinking about trading a historically interesting concertina I have had for 25 years and thought I should mention it to you.
Would consider trading for a good button accordion or melodeon (key negotiatiable, trade up or down).
This concertina is barely playable but is not and won't be a great player.
It is a Scates ca 1850 with nickel-silver reeds, more of a museum piece -- but is interesting as possibly the earliest english concertina documented to come to Ireland.
Doubtless other englishes came to Ireland earlier with Regondi, etc, but I do not think the documentation is there that they arrived earlier.
More on my instrument:
Click here: sites.google.com/site/josephscatesconcertinas/
(see footnote 18 to the Scates timeline, in the document "Joseph Scates review").
This concertina is hand-signed internally by Scates and while not as fancy as some of his instruments, has beautiful hand-fretted brazilian rosewood ends, ivory buttons, handmade riveted action, early-type square-end hand-filed reedframes.
If you or someone you know might like to trade a good box (melodeon or button accordion) for this Scates, let me know & I can take some pics.
Best,
Paul Groff
N. B. If you are interested, you can contact Paul Groff, here:
Paul Groff
Cheers
Dick