PAHardy Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 (edited) Edited July 31, 2019 by PAHardy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle's cook Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Your instrument appears to be a 'flutina' and a member of the wider family to which concertinas belong. The letters/numbers in the photos are unlikely to be makers' initials and are more likely to be batch or component numbers, aiding the assembly/reassembly of the instrument. I wonder if those on the first photo stand for something along the lines of 'type 2 reed pan with notes range G - e'??? Flutina's do not appear to be as regularly signed/labelled by their makers as concertinas. I have a rather larger version, with lots of inlay and use of mother of pearl, but which is completely unsigned, with only a retailer's label in its original wooden box. I understand the majority were made in Frmance and exported widely, with Busson the primary manufacturer. Others here will be far more knowledgeable on this subject, but I hope this helps start things off. I recall there are a couple of recordings of flutinas on Youtube - which are worth checking out in terms of background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) I agree, it's a flutina. Here is a recent thread on melodeon.net which I fired up on behalf of a friend who had one 'in his dad's old stuff'. It includes pointers to places where you can find out more about the instruments, and also to some photographs I took of the instrument in question - which (apparently), was in pretty good condition for one of these things 'as found'. I've added a few pictures which didn't make it to the 'final cut' on melodeon.net. I hope they help you assess the state of your own instrument: Edited July 31, 2019 by lachenal74693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAHardy Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 2 hours ago, Myrtle's cook said: Your instrument appears to be a 'flutina' and a member of the wider family to which concertinas belong. The letters/numbers in the photos are unlikely to be makers' initials and are more likely to be batch or component numbers, aiding the assembly/reassembly of the instrument. I wonder if those on the first photo stand for something along the lines of 'type 2 reed pan with notes range G - e'??? Flutina's do not appear to be as regularly signed/labelled by their makers as concertinas. I have a rather larger version, with lots of inlay and use of mother of pearl, but which is completely unsigned, with only a retailer's label in its original wooden box. I understand the majority were made in Frmance and exported widely, with Busson the primary manufacturer. Others here will be far more knowledgeable on this subject, but I hope this helps start things off. I recall there are a couple of recordings of flutinas on Youtube - which are worth checking out in terms of background. Thank you for your input also thanks to all who reply! "type 2 reed pan with notes range G-E" That sounds logical. Early Busson was my thought but could not relate that to the marks. In addition the same marks are on other parts of the instrument. I will restore it. The hopes of finding original parts are slimm so I plan to just fabricate the missing pads out of whatever I have around, restore its life and make it play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAHardy Posted July 31, 2019 Author Share Posted July 31, 2019 1 hour ago, lachenal74693 said: I agree, it's a flutina. Here is a recent thread on melodeon.net which I fired up on behalf of a friend who had one 'in his dad's old stuff'. It includes pointers to places where you can find out more about the instruments, and also to some photographs I took of the instrument in question - which (apparently), was in pretty good condition for one of these things 'as found'. I've added a few pictures which didn't make it to the 'final cut' on melodeon.net. I hope they help you assess the state of your own instrument: Thank you, very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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