Item Type: Concertina
End FretsSummary: Flat solid rosewood, hand-cut pattern: a more fancy annular design of hand-cut frets with red felt bushings and extra fretting to corners, and a tiny central hole right in the centre (possibly where the scribing-tool or compass marked out the boundaries of the annular ring of fretwork). Large area of good quality replaced frets to RH end. End Shape: Hexagon. End Sides: Six. End Diameter: 183.5 mm. End-Profile: Flat. End Material: Solid rosewood ends, veneered over mahogany fret- and action-frames. End Bolts: Medium cheese-head brass bolts, 3 missing to LH, 2 missing to RH end. Fret Pattern: Hand-cut, more complex Scates pattern with extra dainty cutouts near each corner.. Label Embouchure Pattern: None remains - replaced with new fret-repair area. Strap Screw-insert type: Inset circular brass disc, with one steel securing screw. (but no straps!) Finger-rest: Missing: both had three securinmg screws. Fret Condition: RH frets much repaired with good finely cut rosewood fretting. Damage Summary: Some fret repairs. The thumb-straps, maker label, finger-rests all missing. Re-lined case, later strap, modern locks. |
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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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