Post by Dick Glasgow on Feb 23, 2009 21:35:46 GMT
Recently, I contacted all the Salvation Army branches over here in Northern Ireland, asking if anyone had a Concertina they no longer used or needed.
Well, as my Mum used to say .. "If you don't ask, you won't get!"
Anyway, last friday, after a few E-mails between us, a couple arrived up here from Belfast & GAVE me their old Lachenal English Brass Reeded Treble Concertina!
There's a lot to be said for a ..... "Gid Scots tongue in yer heed!"
Now naturally this little chap is a little the worse for wear, with one reed snapped off, a few pads missing & veneer cracking on one end. Hardly surprising really, considering it's spent most of the last 30 years in a box at the foot of a wardrobe!
However, I reckon it won't take too much work, to get it ship shape again.
Incidentally, the Serial No is 38873..... which means it was made around 1900/1901 I believe.
So the couple who gave me this Concertina are actually long time members of the Salvation Army ....... & so is this instrument.
It's almost identical to this one:
Lachenal
When you consider how many hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of Concertinas have been thrown out & dumped over the years, it is surely a worthwhile exercise.
Who knows, you could end up saving a lovely Aeola from the skip, for your trouble! :-)
Cheers
Dick
Well, as my Mum used to say .. "If you don't ask, you won't get!"
Anyway, last friday, after a few E-mails between us, a couple arrived up here from Belfast & GAVE me their old Lachenal English Brass Reeded Treble Concertina!
There's a lot to be said for a ..... "Gid Scots tongue in yer heed!"
Now naturally this little chap is a little the worse for wear, with one reed snapped off, a few pads missing & veneer cracking on one end. Hardly surprising really, considering it's spent most of the last 30 years in a box at the foot of a wardrobe!
However, I reckon it won't take too much work, to get it ship shape again.
Incidentally, the Serial No is 38873..... which means it was made around 1900/1901 I believe.
So the couple who gave me this Concertina are actually long time members of the Salvation Army ....... & so is this instrument.
It's almost identical to this one:
Lachenal
When you consider how many hundreds, or maybe even thousands, of Concertinas have been thrown out & dumped over the years, it is surely a worthwhile exercise.
Who knows, you could end up saving a lovely Aeola from the skip, for your trouble! :-)
Cheers
Dick