Item Type: Concertina
Labels and Serial NumbersLabel Mounted on end: The standard stamp of Lachenals' "Reed Frame" Trade Mark stamp appears of the RH Handstrap Bar - Information on Lachenals' original application in 1889 is here: http://www.concertina.com/lachenal/Edeophone-Reg-Design-129662.pdf Serial Number Under Frets: Not on baffles Serial Number On Action Board: None Serial Number On Pans: Serial number 53763, once on outer pan face. Serial Number On Bellows Frame: Serial number 53763, on bellows-frame. Dealer's Labels Summary: Two Dealers' labels: No 1: An oval Dealer's label in the RH Fret Embouchure of: "Keith, Prowse & Co., Manufacturers, 48 Cheapside, London". (A good survey by Wes Williams of the Prowse family's various addresses and some noted instruments is at: http://www.lvcott.fsnet.co.uk/others.htm#KeithProwse). No 2: An oval dealer's label beneath the central LH frets of "L. Niebour, Musical Instrument dealer, Kingston on Thames". An entry on the UK Piano Forum pages mentions Niebour as a Piano Merchant possobly a piano-maker, here: http://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-forums/viewtopic.php?t=1326&p=4130 Dealer Label: Keith, Prowse & Co., Manufacturers, 48 Cheapside, London. - And - "L. Niebour, Musical Instrument dealer, Kingston on Thames" |
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Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams
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