WANTED: Pearl Queen Spare Parts

[pearlqueenlarose]

Due to the impending closure of a beloved music store near me, I was recently able to buy a beautiful old Pearl Queen for extremely cheap. While most of it is in excellent condition and is entirely fixable, it is not without major fault. It is missing a few small parts, and is in dire need of tuning. The latter is something I will have to resolve on my own, but I am I hoping someone on this forum has the parts I need. The main missing components are a couple buttons and the front grille, as depicted in the attached photos.

[Roger Hare]

3 hours ago, pearlqueenlarose said:

...I am I hoping someone on this forum has the parts I need...

My guess is that you are more likely to get access to the bits you need by asking on the web-site of the Czech Area Concertina Club. There's also the Concertina Music web-site. That second site also has a page dealing with manufacturer-related data (including Pearl Queen, complete with a list of serial numbers and date of manufacture) here, and a seemingly endless list of recordings here...

 

One or other of them also has a list of other Chemnitzer-oriented organisations - you may find what you want just down the road...

Edited May 30 by Roger Hare

[wschruba]

If you can inventory exactly what you need/dimensions of them, I, surprisingly, also acquired a pearl queen for cheap for parts, only to find out they didn't "fit" my older, simpler one. I would be surprised if everything fit without modification, but I'll happily measure what I have later when I get home...

[pearlqueenlarose]

19 hours ago, wschruba said:

If you can inventory exactly what you need/dimensions of them, I, surprisingly, also acquired a pearl queen for cheap for parts, only to find out they didn't "fit" my older, simpler one. I would be surprised if everything fit without modification, but I'll happily measure what I have later when I get home...

Hi, thanks for your response, sorry for the delay. I'm missing my 2/3 and 11 keys on the left hand side, both are about 9mm in circumference, and since I don't have the grille I can't give an exact measurement but the hole is about 12.5cm x 2.5cm. When I opened it up the signature inside said it was produced in February 1929, if that helps, since you mentioned earlier models being different.

[wschruba]

I've attached pictures of what I have here; I would include the (full length) buttons as is, so they could be modified to wherever they need to be.  The buttons are black/celluloid topped, and roughly 9.5-10mm in diameter. 

 

If you paid postage, you could have them as is. I've also got a few corners, etc, I could throw in the package.

 

Did not mean to mislead you, as I myself so not own a functioning Pearl Queen, I figured there would be more interchangeability with the Uhlig Konzertina I have, but there was not, so many of the parts were not terribly useful.  Still, for $20, I got a few things useable from it...

Edited May 31 by wschruba

[pearlqueenlarose]

5 hours ago, wschruba said:

I've attached pictures of what I have here; I would include the (full length) buttons as is, so they could be modified to wherever they need to be.  The buttons are black/celluloid topped, and roughly 9.5-10mm in diameter. 

 

If you paid postage, you could have them as is. I've also got a few corners, etc, I could throw in the package.

 

Did not mean to mislead you, as I myself so not own a functioning Pearl Queen, I figured there would be more interchangeability with the Uhlig Konzertina I have, but there was not, so many of the parts were not terribly useful.  Still, for $20, I got a few things useable from it...

Hi, I would be more than happy to pay for postage, Those look like they'd just about fit. Let's discuss more in a direct message, since I'd rather not post personal details publicly.