Instrument Construction & Repair

2,619 topics in this forum

1. suitable leather source

   By Bassconcertina.net, December 31, 2023
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   • Theo
   • January 3

2. How do you clean your bellows?

   By Mikefule, December 9, 2023
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   • SIMON GABRIELOW
   • December 30, 2023

3. How can I tighten 1870s reed rivets?

   By Bassconcertina.net, December 24, 2023
   • 2 replies
   • 508 views
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   • Chris Ghent
   • December 26, 2023

4. Bellows repair

   By SteveS, December 14, 2023
   • 8 replies
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   • SteveS
   • December 19, 2023

5. Missing valves, or is this normal?

   By davidevr, December 16, 2023
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   • Stephen Chambers
   • December 16, 2023

6. Simple hand rail mod

   By Ubizmo, December 11, 2023
   • 4 replies
   • 625 views
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   • Ken_Coles
   • December 14, 2023

7. Metal mesh on Vents need regluing?

   By Victor F, November 23, 2023
   • 1 reply
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   • genepinefield
   • December 14, 2023

8. Muffled reed sound

   By RGG, December 10, 2023
   • 3 replies
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   • Wally Carroll
   • December 12, 2023

9. Need advice. Arm lever not staying in Crabb

   By seanc, December 6, 2023
   • 14 replies
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   • d.elliott
   • December 7, 2023

10. Pittards of Yeovil now closed

    By Rod Pearce, October 23, 2023
    • 7 replies
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    • AndyNT
    • December 3, 2023

11. Slight rattle sound on left-hand pinky buttons

    By Ubizmo, November 7, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 505 views
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    • Chris Ghent
    • December 2, 2023

12. Bellows kits - who's offering them?

    By malcolmbebb, November 26, 2023
    • 6 replies
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    • Ralph Lucey
    • December 2, 2023

13. Middle C (Anglo) is just a little slow to speak

    By Ubizmo, November 23, 2023
    • 1 reply
    • 361 views
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    • SIMON GABRIELOW
    • November 27, 2023

14. A few Q's on fixing up this old German-made-Anglo-Imitation

    By LolaBoots, November 27, 2023   

    • repair
    • restoration
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      • repair
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      • german
      • anglo
      • imitation
      • box
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    • LolaBoots
    • November 27, 2023

15. Where to buy "short" hand straps for the anglo

    By Leah Velleman, November 21, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 444 views
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    • Leah Velleman
    • November 22, 2023

16. Highly reccomended Edward Jay's GD Anglo

    By Gregor Markič, October 29, 2023
    • 7 replies
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    • Łukasz Martynowicz
    • November 19, 2023

17. Broken piece of wood on a rebranded Stagi

    By vinmai, October 27, 2023
    • 4 replies
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    • Theo
    • November 18, 2023

18. Lachenal repairs

    By Frank Edgley, November 15, 2023
    • 8 replies
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    • John Wild
    • November 18, 2023

19. Introducing the bandotin

    By soloduet, March 27, 2023
    • 14 replies
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    • mChavez
    • November 17, 2023

20. magnetic card stock for weighting reeds 1 2

    By wunks, October 29, 2023
    • 21 replies
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    • wunks
    • November 13, 2023