Very Slow Food Concertina Making

[chris salty-dog vonderborch]

I have now made 16 of the 96 reeds, and can play partly in the key of D! The baritone does have a satisfactory "growl" in its bass notes, so I am happy so far.

 

I did need to thin down some of the higher reeds, to make them playable, with good results. I use, as a guide, detailed measurements of thicknesses of the reeds from an excellent Jeffries, whose reeds have never been modified (ie. the initial grinding marks still showing). But I should have remembered, from former concertina projects, that I always needed to go several percent thinner than the Jeffries for playability, using my steel.

 

Anyway, I attach a photo of the beast as it is, fully bellowed and ready for several months of "voicing".

[Pete Dunk]

Now that is a thing of beauty!

[chris salty-dog vonderborch]

Now that is a thing of beauty!

Do you mean the bottle of wine???

 

Chris vonderborch