The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-085.



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Item Type: Concertina

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Reeds and Reed Pans

Reed Pans Summary: Shallow radial pans with the central hole offset towards the smaller chambers. The reed-pans are radial right up to the central hole, and have very slim dividers, and every reed chamber has a separate cross-piece. There is a long aluminium brace screwed to the inner face of the RH pan to prevent warping. The chambers each have a wooden/chamois capped cross piece, and the reeds have mainly aluminium reed-frames, blued steel tongues, secured with domed steel screws holding down brass cross pieces. There are many replaced and modified reeds (some from Accordions) and an abundance of pencil notes detailing the many moves and re-tunes of many reeds. Pan inset flush to bellows-frame.

Reed Pans Main Labels: No circular pan label on this instrument , but an abundance of pencil notes detailing the many moves and re-tunes of many of the reeds

Reed Pans Further Labels: A previous owner has moved several of the reed-pairs to different chambers, and has left full details of the changes in pencil on the both faces of the reed-pans.

Reed Pans Stamps: L & R

Reed Pans Serial Numbers: Batch Number "319 " stamped on inner face

Reed Pans Gasketry: Pale yellow 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: 104 wedge profiled, round-ended aluminium reed frames, 56 on RH reed pan, 48 on LH reed pan. Many replaced or moved to different chambers. Blued steel reed-tongues, with pairs of small steel securing screws, holding down the tongue via a brass cross-piece.

Reed Frame Material: Aluminium, some later brass.

Reed Tongue Material: Blued steel reed-tongues.

Reed Frame Shape: Tapered 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





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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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