Many years ago I was given an east german copy of a Hohner concertina, it now suffers from air leaks.
The problem is in the fabric that forms the corner folds, it has lost its plastic coating. I was wondering about any suggestions for a flexible paint on sealant to apply on the inside?
AJH
Fraught with danger ...
its probably best if its worth it to get a new bellows for it.
rubber solution MIGHT effect a temporary improvement, but the downsides of it screwing the whole thing up...
I'll try and get hold of a chap who fixed his own threepenny bit and ask him how he did it. In the absence of any other information, I'd be inclined to try brushing on liquid latex - something like Cow Gum if they still make it - and copious quantities of talcum powder afterwards to stop the folds sticking together.
Nick
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My daughter plays accordion, so I got interested in repairing an old one some years ago, but I never got very far.
is by a known and sometimes "edgy" man who seemed to know what he was talking about. It might be some help.
rec.music.makers.squeezebox is a bit moribund but wakes up from time to time and helped daughter and I quite a bit when we were starting.
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I think you should be thankful for small mercies.
Cheers
I was going to say ask Nick Odell and if that fails try these guys
One of them might have been sober enough to remember my musical performance one New Years Eve at one of their parents house (I played the empty beer cans).
Just to be clear. "one of them" means one of the two owners of "themusicroom" and not Nick Odell.
'Ere - oo you accusing of being sober?
Nick
I don't think it's valuable , rather than rubber solution I was wondering about a polyurethane type product, the sort of stuff cagoules were coated with.
AJH
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