Help with age and value of accordion

[Cas66]

My brother has an old accordion and I would be grateful to know the age. He says its old. Any info would be gratefully received. Thank you

 

[Ben-jammin]

Based on the information provided the only thing I can conclusively determine it is at least 8 hours old and likely less than 205 years old.

If you have pictures to share we might be able to narrow that down a bit.

 

[Dingo40]

Any info would be gratefully received. Thank you

Hi Cass, and welcome!
We'll need to see some photos at least!

 

[Chickers]

From what I can see---I have nothing to add

 

[Cas66]

Based on the information provided the only thing I can conclusively determine it is at least 8 hours old and likely less than 205 years old.

If you have pictures to share we might be able to narrow that down a bit.

 

[knobby]

My brother has an old accordion and I would be grateful to know the age. He says its old. Any info would be gratefully received. Thank you

That’s a concertina, not an accordion.

 

[Tom]

Welcome Cas! I believe that would be called an “English Concertina,” and to me seems very old indeed, probably built before World War II. I don’t recognize the manufacturer’s name but it might mean something to someone on here….

 

[Dingo40]

Any info would be gratefully received

Your may find the concertina.net forums more helpful:
See here

Google Search

www.google.com.au

Can you make our the maker's name
"I McHen?? & Co"?
Could it possibly read "Lachenal"?
If so, there's something on the internet about them.
It looks in very good cosmetic shape , appears to have leather bellows(?), a good case, and, possibly, may be quite valuable (?)

 

[kimric]

It kinda looks like Lachenal, which would make sense. There should be a serial # on the other side. You can use this to get a rough idea when it was made.

 

[boxplayer4000]

cass66 A simple internet search suggests that your concertina may well be valuable (ie. 4 figure GB pounds.)
You need professional advice and I suggest, for a start, you post details on melodeon.net where there is lots of knowledge
on and excitement about small things with buttons.

 

[SteveBox]

Here's a similar one for sale on Ebay.

The label looks like the one on your instrument:


Some historical information about Lachenal & Co.

 

[tcabot]

I nearly fell off a chair laughing when I saw that price sticker.
An extra zero must have been added by mistake

I wonder where ebay gets its bad reputation from

@cas it's an english concertina, lower end of Lach by the looks of it, but in very decent nick, at least cosmetically.
Try concertina.net to see if there's anyone in US who's after one.