The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-099.



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Item Type: Concertina

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Action Board

Action Board Summary: The instrument's Action is made up of a brass sheet column with a folded-down T-shaped top section that holds down the brass-wire levers, which instert into a hole at the side of each plastic lever. Pallets are circular pale cardboard

Action Board Pivot: A brass sheet column with afolded-down T-shaped top section that holds down the brass-wire lever

Action Board Levers: Brass wire.

Action Board Springs: Brass

Action Board Pallets: Pallets are circular rough brown cardboard, with some moth damage to their lambswool pads.

Action Board Securing-screw pattern: Two cylindrical screws from strap and finger-rest.

Action Board Sub-fret-board Supports: Two cylindrical pillars, taking screws from strap and finger-rest.





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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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