The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-157.



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

Action Board

Action Board Summary: The pivot of the action is of the "divided cylindrical brass pillar with rivet through" form, slightly narrower than on earlier Scates models.

Action Board Pivot: Slotted brass cylinder with cross-pivot

Action Board Levers: Brass wire rods, flattened and wider at the pivots.

Action Board Springs: Brass

Action Board Pallets: 24 per side, all the same size.

Action Board Air Valve: No

Action Board Securing-screw pattern: Triangle of three wooden conventionally-shaped cylindrical pillars.

Action Board Sub-fret-board Supports: No supports, since Chamois baffle was used on this model.





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.