The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-339.



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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

Action Board

Action Board Summary: Curved top brass sheet pivots, with tall rectangular slot receiving the bent brass levers within pivot, each pinned into "house-shaped" raised plinth of action board.

Action Board Pivot: Flat-plate pivots with side opening.

Action Board Levers: Steel wire levers, flattened at pivot area.

Action Board Springs: Brass.

Action Board Pallets: The pallets are of circular pale cardboard.

Action Board Air Valve: The Air key acts upon a brass wire poking through the frets, that passes through the action board and acts upon a spring-loaded air valve flap on the inner face of the RH reed pan.

Action Board Securing-screw pattern: One screw from lower area of action board entering via a cylindrical wood support, via the frets to the centre of the hand bar.





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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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