Łukasz Martynowicz Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 I just have stumbled upon this great video uploaded yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4QHWas4G2I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidsqueezer Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Wonderful stuff. A joy to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 Wonderful stuff. A joy to watch. Yes indeed, thanks for posting Lukasz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Dudgeon Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 My thanks also for posting this. I really enjoyed this well done film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Thomson Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 The video of Anthony James at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4QHWas4G2Iis excellent, thanks, Marty. 'Beautiful work, beautiful natural materials, lovely appearance. And excellent video clarity & content. I notice the holes aren't sleeved with that red woven felt. I don't blame him for a moment - I'd never bother myself, the benefit probably being little or nothing. I wonder though whether a compromise might be possible by making a sandwich of wood, felt, wood. The felt hole would be slightly smaller than the wood hole making the button ride smoothly and sound-deadened on the felt, clear of the wood. I'm still smouldering with the desire to create an ergonomic sculpted keyboard concertina, possibly by 3D printing as much as possible, but the project is just a hope. I contracted a local engineering co. for $400 to CAD & print the end pieces of my Stagi tenor, but their printer couldn't do an object that big (20cm corner to corner). By then though, I was pleased to cancel it in favour of thinking more before proceeding. 'Maybe buy a machine, learn how to do the CAD needed, collaborate with people already skilled in various ways, maybe combine forces. I've found 3D printers, even those costing, say, $3,000, are still slow - e.g. a hair comb takes half an hour. A sandal four hours. But the beauty is that if by trial-and-error a really excellent, better new design is achieved, cloning it could be simple and cheap for the whole world. The draft requirements spec for the Concertina Nova is in Google Drive at... http://tinyurl.com/kueadb4 There's a Google Group dedicated exclusively to it at https://plus.google....908489357489215 Anyway, cheers, and thanks again for posting. Bruce Thomson in New Zealand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Franch Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Yes, wonderful. I'm glad I revisited this post. When I clicked on the link this morning, I got an accordion video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) . Edited March 4, 2016 by RAc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Johnson Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 The video of Anthony James at is excellent, thanks, Marty. 'Beautiful work, beautiful natural materials, lovely appearance. And excellent video clarity & content. I notice the holes aren't sleeved with that red woven felt. I don't blame him for a moment - I'd never bother myself, the benefit probably being little or nothing. I wonder though whether a compromise might be possible by making a sandwich of wood, felt, wood. The felt hole would be slightly smaller than the wood hole making the button ride smoothly and sound-deadened on the felt, clear of the wood. Bruce Thomson in New Zealand. There is a good reason for the felt. When the buttons touch the side of the hole during play, they click as any player of most Lachenal low and mid grade instruments will tell you. Another Hybrid maker, not sure which, might have been the late and missed Harold Herrington, used your compromise more or less, but I felt it's long term durability was not so good as the more standard version. I did notice this person's button guide plates were fairly thick. Some people have opted for very small clearance to stop the clicking. For a mostly plywood instrument that moves very little, that may work well, but for instruments that don't use plywood action pans, button position changes with the seasons and remain truly vertical only at the humidity the instrument was manufactured at. Long tight holes can bind on the buttons. Felt and more clearance is a bit more forgiving.Dana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 My concertina was actually made by this guy. About a year after making I asked to visit his workshop to which he agreed. He was very nice about it and showed me what he did and how he did it. I was pretty amazed at the fact that most of the tools were pretty basic, small circular saw, treadle fret saw, though he used them cleverly with some nice jigs. As shown in the video he has that classic internal shape bellows jig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Am I the only one who hasn't heard of Anthony James concertinas yet? He's not one of the better-known makers (I'd guess that his output is pretty small) but he's been around for a while. His web site is http://www.apjmusic.co.uk/ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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