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Jeffries 38-key Anglo in Bb/F
Comprehensively restored, with new 7-fold gold-tooled bellows, this is as nice a
38k Jeffries as you could hope to find.
As always, the restoration work includes new pads, valves, bushes and straps.
The woodwork has been stripped and refinished in French polish, and the instrument has been tuned to modern concert pitch (A=440Hz).
It's not unusual to find a fairly eccentric keyboard layout with Jeffries instruments,
but I have ironed out most of the eccentricities in this one, and restored it to a more typical layout (though one or two oddities remain!) You can see a full layout diagram in the Gallery pictures below..
Under normal circumstances, I would invite you to come and have a squeeze in Norwich. But since that's clearly not an option at present, let me know if you're interested, and let's see if we can arrange a no-obligation trial.
Price: £4250
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Wheatstone Aeola 64-key baritone-treble
A stonking example of a rare and desirable instrument - a Model 16 baritone-treble, serial number 35035, which goes all the way down to a window-rattling F2.
It has new pads, valves, bushes and straps, and I have refinished the woodwork in French polish. The original 8-fold bellows are immaculate and airtight, and although the nickel-plated ends were in lovely condition when it came in, I have taken the opportunity to have them professionally re-polished.
It comes in its original tan leather case, also in lovely condition (though I had to make a new handle using old strapping, so it doesn't stand out too much.)
This is a once-in-a-blue-moon instrument, with a range that makes it supremely versatile... don't miss it!
Price: £4000
SOLD
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31-key Crabb/Ball Beavon Anglo in C/G
Ball Beavon was a top London retailer whose Anglos were all made by Crabb - an association which lasted, I believe, into the 1930s. This one, No. 8952, is a good deal earlier, probably dating from the days when Crabb also made Anglo's for Jeffries - and in terms of response, volume and tone, it's hard to tell apart from my own 38-key Jeffries. I have made and fitted new 7-fold bellows, along with new pads, valves, bushes and straps. The ends have been re-polished by my tame metal-finishing ace, and I have stripped and French polished the woodwork. It comes complete with its original wooden case, complete with strap, lock and key.
In short, this is a top-quality Anglo that will give any Jeffries a run for its money, but for about £1000 less.
Price: £3500
SOLD
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