Attention flute-types: In order to finance the $4000 concertina I just purchased, I’m starting an eBay instrument blowout bonanza.
One instrument I’m currently selling is my Olwell keyless D, which is listed here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7408009214
It’s in extremely good condition and worth taking a look if you’ve been on his waiting list for a while or are trying to avoid it.
Also up is my Overton low D: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7408011850
Also, does anyone here know which model Olwell used here (e.g. Pratten or Nicholson)?
So tell us about the concertina. I recently bought a Geuns-Waker 30-button, amboyna ends and was able to keep an Olwell blackwood.
It’s a 30-key Connor C/G, provided by Chris Algar. I will be left with just under $100 in my bank account when that payment goes through, so it’s time to clear out the instruments I don’t need as much.
No way to tell by looking at the photo, you’ll have to contact him and reference the serial number - I’m guessing Pat keeps records indicating what model each serial numbered instrument was.
Loren
i’m guessing it’s a Pratten, based on the order the flute part sit in the Cavallero , anyone wants to start a fight 
Yes, seems to be a Pratten model flute. A good flute for someone. It will probably go for 14-1600 dollars I guess
Heck, it’s a rainy Monday, I’ll fight ya. Though probably not about that; pick another topic. How many rounds? 
It’s funny; the main photo that came up when I went to the site made it look like one of those rare Olwell “holeless” models. 
Seriously, though, thanks for such extensive photography!
Yeah there’s no way I’m going back and doing that again. Getting those pieces to stay put was a pain in the ass.
Sure I’d love to fight. http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=38873 Has an Olwell Rudall and it has the same design.
Here is an Olwell Nicholson that Doc Jones has for sale, also has that design.
Based on???
Loren
Well, the metrologist in me has gotten the best of me. We may be able to tell from the pic, from the ratio of the E (or F# depending on whether you use maker or player lingo, anyway it’s the largest hole and the one with the greatest difference from the Nicholson to Pratten models) hole to the length of the hand joint. On my Olwell Nicholson it’s about 3.3%. From a pic I get 3.4-3.5%. I get about 3.5-3.6% from the pic that Avery linked to. So we have about a 10% relative uncertainty in the method. From an old pic of my Hammy I get 4.0%.
The pic on ebay is not only smaller, it’s also taken at a skew angle. After rotating the picture, I get about 4.0%. Based again on pics with an Olwell right next to a Hammy, it looks as though the length of the Hammy hand section is within about 1% of the length of the Olwell hand section. I’d lean toward saying this is a Pratten model, but I’m not gonna argue with anyone.
DP, please let us know if you ask Patrick.
when my edgley comes, i too plan on being wiped out, and then again when my carroll comes in a couple years.
congrats on your new concertina! if you’re on c-net, tell us how it is.
Will you eventually put the Connor comcertina on ebay, Im looking for a good concertina, the one i play now has seen better days. Let me know when its going on.
I’ll be putting in an order for a 39-key Suttner within the next few months. I’ll only sell the Connor when I receive that, so it’ll be a while.
As always, check The Button Box frequently and email Chris Algar at Barleycorn with what you’re looking for on occasion. There’s also a 32-key Jeffries on eBay now. A 39-button Jeffries just sold for over $5300, and it looked someone found it at the bottom of the Sears Tower stairwell. Who knows how much this one will go for.
Well, it appears either his phone has been off the hook today or there are phone problems in his area. I sent him an email.
It’s a long weekend here in New England: Today is “Patriot’s Day”, we even have an extra day to file our taxes in this part of the country - 4-18 is the deadline for us.
Loren
Isn’t Flag Day a biggie up there too?
Today was a big day – the marathon, the Red Sox playing at 11. Josh Beckett is 3-0 and has given up exactly one earned run in each of his three starts. I knew he’d be a great acquisition.
I got a dancemaster accordion for 600$ to help my button/bellow fixation!
Still enjoy the flute though…it is quite a challenging instrument.