Item Type: Concertina
End FretsSummary: Later style, less intricate (but still hand-cut) pattern of hexagonal flat single-layer Amboyna fretwork, with embouchures for maker's label and for a serial number (both present). The divided end arrangements of Fretwork-frame and action frame are of Amboyna veneer. End Shape: Hexagonal End Sides: Six End Diameter: 157mm End-Profile: Flat End Material: Amboyna-veneered ends, with fine and near perfect fretting, of a somewhat less intricate pattern to earlier models End Bolts: Medium-height cheese-head brass bolts, securing the fretwork end to the action frame and bellows in the centres of the hexagonal sides, which has now become the standard method. Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval to RH, shield-shaped to LH (showing serial No) Strap Screw-insert type: Inset circular brass screw-fittings to side, each secured by a single steel screw Finger-rest: Standard format curved-end brass finger-rests, dark green leather cladding, (largely absent from both rests). Three securing screws. The fret pattern beneath both the finger-rests and the thumb-strap mountings are extended to provide support beneath the full footprint of these parts. Fret Condition: Very fine Damage Summary: Worn thumb-straps, top case strap absent, some case veneer chips. |
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Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams
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