d.elliott Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 (edited) Suppose that's better than some things that I could think of, but I was always cursed with a vivid imagination Edited May 24, 2014 by d.elliott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilEdwards Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Geoff, you're a star - the bellows-wiggling technique worked a treat. Still curious about how to slide paper in under the reed, if anyone feels like enlightening me on that one for future reference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Wooff Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Geoff, you're a star - the bellows-wiggling technique worked a treat. Still curious about how to slide paper in under the reed, if anyone feels like enlightening me on that one for future reference! Well there we are. As usual the problem was a very slight blockage. Glad to be of help. Sliding a piece of paper under the reed tongue can be usefull for cleaning muck that clings to the under side of the tongue but I would not recommend that for removing a speck of dust, eyelash or something that fell out of one's beard... more likely to leave a smidgin of paper fibre jambed in the far end of the reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilEdwards Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) The pad was loose, to the extent that it turned 360 degrees around the arm ...and this turns out to have been the problem. I got the sticky key problem again this evening, but this time I managed to take it apart while it was still doing it. Because the pad was loose on the arm, it was coming down at an angle and not sitting in the hole properly. (The fraction of an inch higher that the pad was sitting, as a result of being on an angle, also pulled the key down.) Each pad is attached to the respective arm (sorry for the non-specialist vocabulary) by a drop of clear (if brownish) glue which has set hard in a resinous blob. In the case of this pad (and possibly a couple of others), this is going to need to be renewed. What kind of glue would people recommend? Edited June 4, 2014 by PhilEdwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilEdwards Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 It's getting worse - it's just stuck in the middle of a tune, which it's never done before. Drat. Any thoughts on replacement pad glue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqzbxr Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 A drop of ordinary white wood glue or hide glue should work. Be sure to position the pad so that it seats properly before applying the glue and let it dry fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I have always used Evostick (Impact adhesive) it is flexible and not subject to brittleness (if there is such a word). Many like me feel frustrated that we cannot have a look at this concertina and sort it out. It is a question of going through all the options that have been mentioned.The most common is a loose pad, or .the pad rubbing on the side that displaces the pad every time you push the button down.It could be that the springs need looking at, as sometimes one spring can interfere with another on compression. The main thing is you are now opening your concertina up for the first time and doing a bit of trial and error. Eventually you will sort it all out. One concertina I repaired had never been correct from the time it was made due to a hole being in the wrong position.Does make you feel good however when you get it all working perfectly. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilEdwards Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 Well, the last time I opened it up I could see the offending pad sitting at a slight angle on the hole & consequently not quite covering it. Other pads don't seem to have that amount of play on the arm, so I'm assuming that renewing the glue to the point where the pad doesn't swivel around independently will do the trick. (Horley, eh? I'm from Coulsdon originally. To rhyme with Polesden (don't know if anyone says it that way any more).) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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