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LACHENAL 30 BUTTON ANGLO CONCERTINA. RARE FIND.

Lachenal anglo concertina. The label states “THE UNIQUE – ANGLO GERMAN, MANUFACTURED BY – LACHENAL & Co – SPECIALLY FOR – J.W. MOORE, BRADFORD”.
J.W. Moore were situated at 133 Westgate, Bradford. The same road as me!  All the reeds look to be original, & in nice clean condition. All notes are sounding as they should, the tuning is good (A=440), but could do with a touch up.
I have had a “PEERLESS” model before, (very similar), & presume this is called a Unique because of the fretwork cut outs in the SIDES of the ends. At first i thought it was just decoration, but the cut outs act like a kind of monitor, the sound also travels to you as you play.