This is a Lachenal 35-Key Crane Duet with steel reeds. It has been fitted with new pads and valves, and tuned to concert pitch (A=440hz).

We’d be the first to admit that this concertina is fairly tatty by our standards. There are cracks on both ends as you can see in the pictures, which don’t affect playability but mean that it needs to be treated with a certain level of care. The reason we are listing this concertina is that it is currently the only Crane we have in stock, and we haven’t had more than one in stock for the last five or six months. It has a full set of steel reeds which makes it a decent little player, and for somebody who is looking to give the Crane system a go, this concertina is seemingly like gold dust at the moment.

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