Item Type: Concertina
Action BoardAction Board Summary: The instrument's Action is made up of a slotted brass sheet plate, vertical slot, Wound-brass springs, and brass-wire levers, (another early appearance in The Collection's Wheatstones of this feature). Pallets are now circular pale cardboard. Action Board Pivot: A slotted brass sheet plate. Action Board Levers: Brass wire levers. Action Board Springs: Brass Action Board Pallets: The pallets are now circular pale cardboard, a material used on almost all subsequent instruments. 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, still used in spite of the corner blocks also securing the baffle. |
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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.