I Like the Look...

[drbones]

This thing actually looks in pretty good shape..except for the 3 missing buttons. I really like how it looks but I wonder if it could be made a good player? It looks to have wooden levers and they're in a parrellel row so I assume it has the usual german style reeds on the V shaped boxey thing. It has the name "Royal" on it.

I'd like some opinions, comments, or personal experience on whether or not it ever was a good instrument and, or if it can made to be one.

You know the old saying, "Beauty is only veneer deep."

Thanks

 

 

 

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[Daniel Hersh]

This thing actually looks in pretty good shape..except for the 3 missing buttons. I really like how it looks but I wonder if it could be made a good player? It looks to have wooden levers and they're in a parrellel row so I assume it has the usual german style reeds on the V shaped boxey thing. It has the name "Royal" on it.

I'd like some opinions, comments, or personal experience on whether or not it ever was a good instrument and, or if it can made to be one.

You know the old saying, "Beauty is only veneer deep."

Thanks

Definiely a pretty one. Given its apparent age, the reeds are probably not on reed blocks (aka "the V shaped boxey thing") but are more likely ganged/long-plate reeds, mounted flat.

 

It was probably once a playable instrument. Whether it could be made playable now would depend on what's wrong with it, if anything. By the standards of the English makers, it was probably never a good one.