Concertina Smelling

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I've recieved looks for smelling a concertina first

 

This was so far off the topic I thought we should start a new thread... when I recieved my Jackie (and still today) it smells strongly of something....is it cedar?

It rather reminds me of a cedar chest my parents had....or perhaps that was just mothballs? Anyway, it was quite pleasant, but I can't place what it is! Any thoughts?

 

Greg

[Robert Booth]

Consider yourself lucky; when I got my Hohner Ariette in the mail, it smelled so strongly of petroleum distillates and glue that my wife made me hang it in the garage till it quit.

[Mark Evans]

My Albion smells sweet, leather, whatever varnish they use, the tangy brass finger rests. Very nice, gentile.

 

Fellow I attend session with has a 1856 Wheatstone and I was suprised by the strong stench of heavy machine oil. Not pleasant and I assume none to good for the valves.

Edited April 30, 2005 by Mark Evans

[Jeff Stallard]

Mine smells like poo water.

[Robin Madge]

I have been accused of smelling a concertina, but in reality I was looking for leaks in the bellows by trying to sense airflow across wetted lips!

 

Robin Madge

[bigsqueezergeezer]

Must have a smell of mine tonight! (Concertina, that is, ! )

 

Derek

[geoffwright]

Mine smells of beer - can't imagine why.

[Robin Harrison]

I've just got a concertina that makes me sneeze every time I play it ! I wonder if it's possible to be allergic to your concertina ( as some fiddlers are to rosin).Robin

[RELCOLLECT]

I thought that there would be a common denominator that could be identified...it seems now like concertinas are just stinky!

[Jim Besser]

I've just got a concertina that makes me sneeze every time I play it !  I wonder if it's possible to be allergic to your concertina ( as some fiddlers are to rosin).Robin

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Mold! That's my guess.

 

I play frequently in a friend's living room and I have to take a maximum dose of antihistime before going or i'm so teary eyed and sneezy I can't play.

[Mark Evans]

It is some sort of allergy, though perhaps not mold. Mold would suggest some sort of a dampness and I assume there would be some function issues with the instrument.

 

Might be a good idea to open er' up and find out what's what.

[Dave Prebble]

Hi

 

Perhaps someone should develop a series of aerosol spray cans along the lines of the 'new car smell' cans available to the secondhand car trade

 

Perhaps a 'New Dipper' and and 'Antique Wheatstone' might be in order. What might these smell like ??

 

Apologies to Geoff but I can't seem to come up with any ideas for Crabbs

 

Any ideas or preferences folks - Sensible ideas rejected out of hand

 

Dave P

 

(Definately a 'Trent and Mersey Canal Water Smell' ,enthusiast myself )

[Samantha]

I've just got a concertina that makes me sneeze every time I play it !  I wonder if it's possible to be allergic to your concertina ( as some fiddlers are to rosin).Robin

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I misread the above as snooze

Samantha

[kiminca]

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Robin Harrison Posted Today, 06:40 AM

I've just got a concertina that makes me sneeze every time I play it ! I wonder if it's possible to be allergic to your concertina ( as some fiddlers are to rosin).Robin "

 

 

Robin, I was allergic to my first concertina. At first I thought it was my new cat (got them at the same time). Turns out I was allergic to the wood that the reed pan was made of. The allergy got better as the wood dust all got blown out. Even though I was having a hard time breathing I still played

[Chris Timson]

Perhaps a 'New Dipper' and and 'Antique Wheatstone' might be in order. What might these smell like ??

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When it was new, my new Dipper smelt of mothballs. Does that help?

 

Chris

[Wrigglefingers]

My Edeophone smelt horribly musty when I first had it. The smell gradually disappeared; and then it started to fall apart. It now smells delicately musty after Colin repaired it and is a happy concertina again. Moral - perhaps it's meant to be smelly. Well, the concertina anyway......

 

Jill

[Pete Dickey]

Perhaps a 'New Dipper' and and 'Antique Wheatstone' might be in order. What might these smell like ??

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When it was new, my new Dipper smelt of mothballs. Does that help?

 

Chris

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Haven't caught any moths recently to have a smell of them. Must be quite potent.

 

Never smelled anything like the Crabb that Mark Davies brought back from Ireland. Definitely major overtones of canal water.

[Stephen Chambers]

Never smelled anything like the Crabb that Mark Davies brought back from Ireland. Definitely major overtones of canal water.

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Well it didn't smell of canal water when I sold it to its former owner 25 years ago, and the nearest it has been to a "canal" in the meantime has been the ferry between Cleggan Pier and Inishbofin Island. Of course there could have been overtones of damp mould and turf smoke ...