This is a Lachenal 48-Key Treble with steel reeds (serial number 60494). It has been fitted with new pads, valves and straps, and has been tuned to concert pitch.

This is one of the latest Lachenals ever made, and as people may know, the later-period Lachenals of lower-end models are generally not quite as good as their predecessors. This is a perfectly fine tutor-model instrument, however, and is about as cheap as you will find a tutor-model English with steel reeds. The bellows are not the most forgiving in terms of range, so this would suit somebody wanting to play tunes as opposed to chords.

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