This is a Wheatstone Treble in B (down half a step from a standard Treble). It has been fitted with new pads, valves, straps and bellows, and has been tuned to concert pitch (A=440hz). The serial number is 32222.

This concertina is one of our personal favourites that we currently have in stock. We’re not quite sure why it was made half a step down in tuning, but it produces such a gorgeous, unique tone. The brightness of a metal-ended Wheatstone has been dampened slightly due the drop in tuning, but it maintains the same amount of presence. It has a great action and a top-quality set of reeds, and if somebody can find a use for an instrument based half a step down, then they would fall in love with this concertina.

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