The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-021.



Previous Section Summary Help Next

Item Type: Concertina

Summary Labels and Serial Numbers End Frets Fingering System Straps and Holding Devices Fret Baffle Action Board Reeds and Reed Pans Bellows Case and Other

Fingering System

Fingering System: English

Fingering System Site Links: www.concertina.com/english

Key/Buttons Summary: 48 metal keys, (24/Left and 24/right), with nickel cylindrical uprights, and silver or silver-plated flat tops. Each key is bushed with red felt. This is the earliest appearance of bushings and metal keys in the Collection's early Wheatstone concertinas, which may be later additions, or may have been specified by Regondi for his pupil's instrument.

Keys/Buttons Material: Nickel keys, with cylindrical uprights, and silver or silver-plated flat tops. Each key is bushed with red felt.

Keys/Buttons Labelling: None

Keys/Buttons Base Mounting: The base of each nickel key is shaped into a peg that inserts into the Action Board, standard method.





Previous Section Summary Help Next

Please email comments or reports of errors to


The Concertina Museum Collection

Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

This page created Tuesday 14 February 2012.