bluesgal Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Hello and Help! I dropped my Morse concertina (my bad, bad, bad!!!!) and now the E on the left inner row, draw, will hardly ever sound. The Button Box (Bob Snopes, the Morse guru repair guy) is now permanently closed (wah!!!!). Bob hopes to open a repair shop of his own, but that won't be until fall time at the earliest. I need to find someone who knows how to work on a concertina that has reeds set in wax. Any advice? contacts? or maybe there is a guardian angel repair person in the group? I have opened the box but cannot see anything wrong with the lever or the reed box itself (of course, I don't really know what to look for!). The D push works fine. The wax seems intact. The E on the draw will sound more often when the box is open, but once I put the faceplate back on, it hardly ever sounds. I can't see any uneveness in the way the faceplace sits/attaches to the box. Happy to ship concertina to anyone who has knowledge of working with wax-set reeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I thank you, and Ms. Morse thanks you, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 If you're in the USA, maybe try Bob Tedrow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Any accordion repair person will know how to deal with wax set reeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Tedrow Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 I am available. https://video.aptv.org/video/bob-tedrow-hrr55j/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesgal Posted July 20, 2023 Author Share Posted July 20, 2023 8 hours ago, Bob Tedrow said: I am available. https://video.aptv.org/video/bob-tedrow-hrr55j/ Yay!!!! Ms. Morse is anxious to meet you! I can ship the concertina to you or maybe I could arrange an appointment with you and drive to Alabama if you think the repair might take only a day or so. I've never been to Alabama and would love to take advantage of this opportunity to go somewhere I've never seen. If we meet in person, maybe I could watch you 'do your thing' with the concertina repair for a bit. I'd like to learn something about it. I live in Colorado so it would take me 2 days to drive to Alabama. Please let me know what would work best for you (ship or visit) and details to arrange for the repair. My direct email is lcpearce@gmail.com. Home landline: 719-548-1748; cell (which I hate) 719-660-9696 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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