The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-084.



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Item Type: Concertina

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Fingering System

Fingering System: Maccann Duet.

Fingering System Site Links: www.concertina.com/maccann-duet/index.htm

Key/Buttons Summary: 72 gold-plated Keys, made up of: 71 notes: 39 RH, 32 LH, plus one air-key.

Keys/Buttons Quantity: 72 Keys

Keys/Buttons Material: Dome-Gold-plated metal keys with white plastic cores and integral pegs. The metal caps have two crimped indentations below fret-level to secure them to their plastic cores.

Keys/Buttons Labelling: None

Keys/Buttons Bushing: Dark red felt bushing to all keys.

Keys/Buttons Base Mounting: Standard peg, single dark felt washer per key.

Air Button method: Single RH air Button, identical in design to note keys, but operating a large circular air valve pallet.

Effects Buttons: None





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The Concertina Museum Collection

Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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