Item Type: Concertina
Action BoardAction Board Summary: The instrument's Action is made up of a slotted pivot column with wound-brass springs, and brass-sheet levers, broader within the pivot area, and the pallets are now circular pale cardboard, a material used on almost all subsequent instruments. The cushioned face of the pallets is clad with very thin 'Zephyr' sheet. This instrument has a red-velve gasket added to top edge of the action frame, perhaps to slightly lower the apparent height of the keys above the end-fret. Action Board Pallets: The pallets are now circular pale cardboard, a material used on almost all subsequent instruments. The cushioned face of the pallets is clad with very thin 'Zephyr' sheet. Action Board Securing-screw pattern: Trio of wooden cylindrical supports receiving the three screws from strap, finger-rest and top fret area. Action Board Sub-fret-board Supports: 3 Rectangular chamois-topped pillars |
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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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