The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-094.



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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: Each end's action board holds 12 note-named Brass-capped wooden-cored keys mounted on long brass wire levers, held to the flat rectangular base-board by a simple hooked wire pillar. There are three rectangular chamois-capped support pillars for the frets, and there are twp rpws of six white card pallets, each with note numbers and letter codes for the notes stamped into the wood adjacent to the pallets.

Action Board Pivot: Simple hooked wire pillar

Action Board Levers: Long brass wire levers

Action Board Springs: Brass

Action Board Pallets: Small white card pallets.





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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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