Confessions of a Concertina Maker
Thursday, October 28, 2010
More of Serial #2
A shot of the beautiful engraving done by Ambrose Kodet of North Mankato, Minnesota. Just a note about the celluloid covering used on this concertina: it is not discolored. It came as this ivory color from the factory.
It's Finally Done!!!!
SUPREME Serial #2 is finally done! It will be going with its new owner, George Palma, tomorrow, October 28, 2010.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Reinstallation Commences
The reinstallation of the pipe organ at St. Mary's has officially begun. I have posted photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/104196103184103176783/StMarySOrganReInstallation
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Bellows
Painting the lines in the engraving.
Reed blocks
Engraved!
Work continues...slowly
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October
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After the reed blocks are leathered, the plates ...
One of the more time-consuming and tedious pa...
Here are the ends after all the pilots have been...
Here I am drilling the pilot holes for the sound ...
Finally! More time to do updates! This time of y...
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Here are the frames after they have been san...
The frames now need to be sanded for smoothnes...
The left side.
The right side.
Updates after a long hiatus. I just recently rece...
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January
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I just thought I'd share a few photos of the...
Here the mouldings have been rounded off. The onl...
All of the end mouldings have been applied. Now t...
Here the long white mouldings have been applied t...
The gold trim has been glued onto the angled corn...
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December
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A photo of the gold borders. They're not quite fi...
It's starting to look like a concertina. This is...
A shot of the fret plates. This concertina will h...
Work resumes on the next new concertina...
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November
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Finally, a photo of the builder's nameplate.
The keyboard layout, provided by the owner. As it...
A shot into the bellows looking in from the right...
A shot of the right side reed blocks. The instrum...
A view of the right side action. The centermost r...
A view of the left side of the instrument. The t...
A view of the right side of the instrument.
Schonherr & Matthes bandonion
Without further ado...
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More of Serial #2
It's Finally Done!!!!
Reinstallation Commences
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Another shot of the original high altar and rered...
Interior Photo of St. Mary's Catholic Church Sleep...
Allen will also be keeping a blog on his website. ...
It's finished. You can clearly see the blower, st...
The framework is coming down.
The framework of the blower house. It used the ol...
We will also be getting a new blower. The origina...
The same relay cabinet completely emptied.
These are the old relays which came out of the re...
Another view of the same relay cabinet from above...
Here is a photo of the relay cabinet inside one o...
The organ builder and assistants
Here you can see the difference in shape between ...
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