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Item Type: Concertina
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Reeds and Reed Pans
Reed Pans Summary: Shallow pans with no central hole, the chambers in a shallow and very asymmetrical layout. The pan is secured with six triangular corner mounts. The chambers each have a tiny wooden/chamois capped cross piece, and the reeds have aluminium reed-frames, blued steel reeds, the tongues secured with domed steel screws holding down aluminium cross pieces. Pan inset flush to bellows-frame.
Reed Pans Main Labels: No circular pan label on this instrument.
Reed Pans Stamps: "L" & "R" stamped on inner faces.
Reed Pans Serial Numbers: "419" stamped on inner face
Reed Pans Gasketry: Pale grey chamois
Reed Pans Right Hand Cross Pieces: RH: Every reed chamber has a chamois-capped wooden cross-piece.
Reed Pans Left Hand Cross Pieces: LH: Every reed chamber has a chamois-capped wooden cross-piece
Reeds Summary: 24 wedge profiled, round-ended aluminium reed frames, 12 on RH reed pan, 12 on LH reed pan. Blued steel reed-tongues, with pairs of small steel securing screws, holding down the tongue via an aluminium cross-piece.
Reed Frame Material: Aluminium
Reed Tongue Material: Blued steel reed-tongues.
Reed Frame Shape: Tapered round-ended aluminium reed frames.
Reed Tongue Profile: parallel
Reed Securing Screws: Two small flat steel securing screws.
Stamps on Reed Frames: Note names stamped on reed-frames
