Etched Nickel Silver ends.
Crabb 9020 (1928)
Built by Henry Thomas Crabb in 1928, this is a 70 button, with two novelty buttons, one a whistle, the other a cock crow, which has since been replaced by an extra note. It has raised, plated metal tops, nickel silver keys and an 8 fold bellows. It measures nine inches across the flats and the range is down to G below mid C on the right, the left being an octave lower fully down to F. It is a very rare model in that the metal tops are inset at the edges with an ebony bevel. Only about six Crabb instruments were ever made like this.
Crabb 9978 (1941)
Maker :Crabb
Year: 1941
Serial Number: 9978
Buttons: 69
Owner: Rod Wagoner
Country: USA
Made by Henry Crabb. Octagonal, metal ends, metal buttons, 8 fold bellows. Dated by Geoff Crabb to 10th Sept 1941, the last instrument to be made until Oct 1943 due to the war.
Crane & Sons 150
Crane & Sons 262
Dipper 85092 (1985)
Maker :Dipper
Year: 1985
Serial Number: 85092
Buttons: 51
Owner: Paul Hurst
Country: UK
Special Crane system instrument of 51 keys. New instrument to special order, having 51 keys 6.5″ in size. Long stretch 7-fold bellows, narrow gold tooling. Best reeds in brass frames. Best black ebony on hornbeam with Honduras mahogany action board. Best brass riveted action, stainless steel capped lightweight buttons, slightly raised handbars.
“I should also mention that it’s not quite standard. From the outset I asked for Bb2 in place of C#3 on the LHS (useful for song accompaniment). That now has an anglo button playing G2 on pull and B2 on push – great for tunes in G. (The Bb reed is a spare if you want to swap it round.) Later I had one Eb3 reed tuned down to A2. On the right I have the push C#4 playing B3. All this was done by Dipper. The reeds were weighted at the tip so it is all easily reversible by a competent tuner…”
Click here for a button layout, which was designed by the original owner, John Thornton.
Edgley 123 (2005)
Frank Edgley 24 button in C/G. Metal ends. 7-fold Bellows. Edgley/Herrington fingering system. Button layout is here: https://www.concertina.info/tina.faq/images/finger5.htm .
Flying Duck Duckling 7 (2021)
Flying Duck concertinas “Duckling” model 22 button Bb/F. Made by the late Paul Harvey. Laser cut wood ends, 7-fold waterproof paper bellows. Adjustable hand rests and straps. Wooden action like German made concertinas. Paul once said “Klingenthal revisited”. This is an early example and Paul called it a “prototype”.
G. Crabb 1 (1976)
Made by Geoff Crabb, this is probably the only 16 sided instrument ever made.
Henry Harley (serial number unknown)
Henry Harley 26 button in C/G. Wood ends. 6 fold bellows. Henry Harley was a London-based manufacturer but in terms of construction method it’s German.
