System: Crane Duet

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Lachenal 532

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Lachenal
Year:
Serial Number: 532
Buttons: 55
Owner: Marien Lina
Country: Netherlands

Ebony ends, metal buttons, raised ends. Bought by the current owner in 2005.

Lachenal 631 (1890s)

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Lachenal
Year:
Serial Number: 631
Buttons: 35
Owner: Rod Wagoner
Country: USA

Rosewood ends, bone buttons, steel reeds, 5 fold bellows. Restored by Barleycorn Concertinas c 2009.

Wheatstone 1934 34455

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Wheatstone
Year: 1934
Serial Number: 34455
Buttons: 55
Owner: Göran Rahm
Country: Sweden

Rosewood ends, original 5mm metal buttons replaced by 6mm bone buttons. Original handrest and hand strap replaced by a handle arrangement with an intermediate plate on to which a thumb strap, a broad wrist support and a broad wrist strap and a thin strap for attachment of shoulder strap(s) are attached. The instrument was originally acquired by a Salvation Army (SA) officer from SA Headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden

Wheatstone 1941 35347

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Wheatstone
Year: 1941
Serial Number: 35347
Buttons: 55
Owner: Rod Wagoner
Country: Australia

Ebony Ends, six-fold bellows. Spent some time in the Salvation Army as evidenced by its case. Built on Aug 11th 1941 according to the Wheatstone ledgers, a model 74.

Wheatstone 1942 35429

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Wheatstone
Year: 1942
Serial Number: 35429
Buttons: 48
Owner: Larry Stout
Country: USA

Rosewood ends, metal buttons, black leather 6 fold bellows. Dated 12-10-1942 from the ledgers at the Horniman museum website.

Wheatstone 26228 (1913)

System :Crane Duet
Maker :Wheatstone
Year: 1913
Serial Number: 26228
Buttons: 48
Owner: Malcolm Clapp
Country: Australia

Aeola shape with 8 fold bellows. Described in the Wheatstone ledger as a Crane Duet. Dated 24th Dec 1913.