red Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 The folded bellows of a concertina are so well known that anything, from office files to navy bell bottoms, are described using the word "concertina". Where did Charles Wheatstone get the idea from? On browsing through Diderot's Encyclopaedia (French mid 18c) I came across this illustration of the bellows of a courtly bagpipe, the "Musette du Cour". Although at it's peak a hundred years before Wheatstone's time, they must surely have been known to him, I wonder was this the source of his idea for the Concertina's Bellows? musette_bellows.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk van Aalten Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 musette_bellows.bmp <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Red A technical remark: the fact that the first download was not succesfull might be caused by the file size. You used the BMP format, but it is much better to use the JPG format. Your BMP attachment has a size of 699.71 kilobytes, while the same picture in JPG format (attached) is only 51.11 kilobytes. This makes a big difference in download time and saves space on the server where Paul is hosting our C.Net stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 The local blacksmith might have been a closer source of inspiration... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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