Item Type: Concertina
Action BoardAction Board Summary: The instrument's Action is made up of a slotted pivot column with wound-brass springs, and brass-sheet levers, broader within the pivot area, and the pallets are now circular pale cardboard, a material used on almost all subsequent instruments Action Board Pivot: A slotted pivot column Action Board Levers: Brass-sheet levers, broader within the pivot area Action Board Springs: Brass wound springs, pinned into action board and clipped under lever. Action Board Pallets: Small cardboard pallets, all of similar size. 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, in opposite corners of action area to the trio of securing screws supports. |
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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.