This a brilliant 20-Key in Anglo in C/G that would be classified as a ‘Tidder’. It has steel reeds, 6-fold bellows, new pads and valves, and new hand straps.

There are a large number of concertinas that are attributed to a maker called ‘Tidder’, although without any labels or internal markings with a name, it’s always been a bit of a mystery to who actually made these instruments. It has the telltale signs of a four-digit serial number and the bellows have typical Tidder gussets.

This is the best playing Tidder we’ve ever seen, and also the most recently made we’ve ever seen with a serial number in the 5000s. As 20-Key Anglos go, this is a phenomenal player with a great set of steel reeds. It also has 6-fold bellows, which makes this an extremely desirable starter instrument.

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