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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

Reeds and Reed Pans

Reed Pans Summary: Standard Radial pan, with narrow pale chamois topping, no radial pan-label

Reed Pans Main Labels: Large "L" and "R" stamps, plus serial number 294, on inner face of each reed-pan.

Reed Pans Stamps: L & R.

Reed Pans Serial Numbers: Serial number 294, on inner face of each reed-pan.

Reed Pans Gasketry: Pale yellow Chamois.

Reed Pans Baffles: Crude home-made baffles glued into bellows-frame, made from the pine baffles removed from this instrument's sub-fret area.

Reed Pans Right Hand Cross Pieces: None.

Reed Pans Left Hand Cross Pieces: None.

Reeds Summary: Square-end brass reeds, with brass tongues, (very broad tongues to bass reeds), secured with two tall and domed brass screws, securing a brass cross-piece: all of the treble reeds' cross-pieces have Open-Sides to the screw areas, a feature that has been linked to the early parts supplier and manufacturer Nickolds.

Reed Frame Material: Brass.

Reed Tongue Material: Brass.

Reed Frame Shape: Square-ended

Reed Tongue Profile: Parallel.

Reed Securing Screws: Two tall and domed brass screws per reed.

Stamps on Reed Frames: Note-names.





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The Concertina Museum Collection

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

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