May latest eBay project: Wheatstone 48 key Concertina

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Here is a photo of the new bellows fitted on the concertina...
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Still need to glue on the fancy bellow papers, when they arrive.
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Very nice.
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Wow, I'm really impressed.

What sort of tooling did you have to get to do this? if I wanted to replace some bellows, apart from a work surface and an old concertina what would I need?

I do have that concertina repair manual but I don't remember how much is in it about constructing bellows.
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Wow, I'm impressed too. My vintage concertina is currently travelling to Toronto for new bellows, should have sent it to you ;-)
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Hi,
Thanks, been a lot of fun.
Let see, here is some of the necessary tools:
wood shop with- table saw, band saw lots of clamps.
Leather splitting/skiving tools- You can also get the strips of leather already beveled, but I bought a Swedish skiver called the Scharf-Fix, $340!
(This I can re-sell later)
Hand tools knife, pliers, etc.

Here is a pictorial by Bob Tedrow, this is where I got my inspiration! http://hmi.homewood.net/bellows/
So this will give you a idea, of what goes into it.
Maybe at some point I can crank out some more... The next bellow will be my nice little Lachenal 5" dia...
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Here is the latest update on my nice old concertina.
Got it all tuned up, a little finishing to do still and I need to finish the straps.
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This is the wax version of the gold stamp I am making to replace the original 24K hot stamping, this will be cast in bronze, whe nI get around to doing another casting.
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Here is the before photo, you can see the gold design:
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Can't wait to take 'er for a spin!

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Jon C. wrote:Here is the latest update on my nice old concertina.
Got it all tuned up, a little finishing to do still and I need to finish the straps.
A real good match on recreating the original appearance. How's she play?

Still interested in flutes? When I have a chance, I'll show you the H-M.

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MT, I will let you know when it is ready for a test drive, it is still missing a few cylinders...
Hey Kevin, I tuned the 96 reeds to 440 htz, that was fun! I need to replace 3, one was MIA when I go it, and the other two were steel replacements. Kind of hard to play at the moment, until I get the thumb straps mounted., but it has a nice tone. I did learn where all the notes were, when tuning... :swear:
Still doing the flute thing, this is just a sub-sub-hobby. I am also rebuilding a little 5 1/2" 20 key Lachenal anglo, where I am making new Reed pans for it.
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