Seán Ó Fearghail Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 The past few months i've been comparing concertinas and studying the construction of different makes. I've noticed that in an old c. jeffries stamped 38 button anglo that the wood to make the action box is very dark. I originally thought most of the wood was maple but are there other possibilities it could be? A hard mahogany? Maybe its just got darker over time. Also just wondering but could the reed pan / bellows frame be any thing other than maple? Any ways i throw it over to the experts again. Any info greatly appreciated, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Some Jeffries stamped instruments do have a darker red wood in some of the internals, though I have no idea what it is. Does it also have keyhole shaped pivots? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seán Ó Fearghail Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 Some Jeffries stamped instruments do have a darker red wood in some of the internals, though I have no idea what it is. Does it also have keyhole shaped pivots? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seán Ó Fearghail Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 sorry having a bit of trouble uploading photos. Yeah it does. seems very hard anyways. i'll keep trying with the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 The two I know which had the red wood also had the keyhole ( I was calling them "penguin" until I heard "keyhole") pivots. I can't recall the detail but someone, it might have been the Wizard of Kilkee, mentioned a name associated with these features, one of the manufacturers whose instruments were stamped Jeffries. Another feature both had was; one of the partitions alongside one of the horizontal reeds was placed on an angle, leaning over towards the tip of the nearby vertical reed. I think this was to make enough room in a small chamber for the padhole. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seán Ó Fearghail Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 Em it could be the model. This one though i think has two reeds at the bottom of the reed pan vertically, the rest are horizontal and one reed inside the outside row of the left side (if you get me) like in the middle of the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Sean, As regards the orientation of the instrument and what is horizontal or vertical, convention has it the "top" of the instrument is the point where the name cartouche lies. All through the instrument the number or some other marker indicates this same direction. If you revolve yours this way you will have a pan full of vertical reeds, running with the grain, and a couple of reeds in the horizontal, and yes, reed/s in the centre of the pan. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seán Ó Fearghail Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 yep thats it. sorry i'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to stuff like that. they are certainly running with grain. but i just found it strange with the different types of wood. Just wondering but would they have used any other types of wood that was out of the ordinary in any other concertinas you may have come across? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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