This is a Wheatstone Baritone with brass reeds (serial number 3791). It has been fitted with new pads and valves, and has been tuned to concert pitch. The bellow have also been re-bound in recent years.

Early Wheatstone Baritones like this may not be the quickest of instruments due to the lack of chambering in the reedpans, but they are tonally completely unique and gorgeous. This concertina has a soft, warm tone, and for chordal acommpaniments, this would be a wonderful choice of instrument at a cheaper price than most other Baritones.

Read more