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Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« on: February 16, 2022, 04:38:06 PM »

I have a Scarlatti B/C in the workshop and quite a few of the bellows diamonds are shot. Rather than leather they appear to be some sort of plastic coated loose weave canvas and the plastic has perished. Any ideas on whether this is repairable as a new set of bellows would cost far more than the value of the instrument.
My current guess is a box of firelighters.

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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2022, 05:02:23 PM »

I think you guessed right
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2022, 06:53:41 PM »

My current guess is that this box IS a firelighter 😂
« Last Edit: February 16, 2022, 06:55:13 PM by gettabettabox »
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2022, 08:50:43 PM »

Depends what model of scarlatti it is..... (admittedly they're pretty crap) but my ex employer does offer replacement bellows at a reasonable price.
Just trying to give you another option if the owner doesn't want to scrap their instrument

https://hobgoblin.com/scarlatti-melodeon-bellows
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2022, 08:57:05 PM »

Depends what model of scarlatti it is..... (admittedly they're pretty crap) but my ex employer does offer replacement bellows at a reasonable price.
Just trying to give you another option if the owner doesn't want to scrap their instrument

https://hobgoblin.com/scarlatti-melodeon-bellows
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2022, 10:59:03 PM »

Depends what model of scarlatti it is..... (admittedly they're pretty crap) but my ex employer does offer replacement bellows at a reasonable price.
Just trying to give you another option if the owner doesn't want to scrap their instrument

https://hobgoblin.com/scarlatti-melodeon-bellows
Thanks Pip

Pip makes my ‘witty?’ post sound very rude. My apologies to you Lester.


« Last Edit: February 18, 2022, 11:00:50 PM by gettabettabox »
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2022, 12:39:58 PM »

Depends what model of scarlatti it is..... (admittedly they're pretty crap) but my ex employer does offer replacement bellows at a reasonable price.
Just trying to give you another option if the owner doesn't want to scrap their instrument

https://hobgoblin.com/scarlatti-melodeon-bellows
Thanks Pip

Pip makes my ‘witty?’ post sound very rude. My apologies to you Lester.



Having tried to sell said instrument as a starter box for 10 years  I concurr that they are indeed best used as firefighters.... but they dont fit through the door on my wood burner  >:E
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2022, 01:21:41 PM »

A bandsaw will reduce the size to fit in your stove
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #8 on: February 19, 2022, 01:31:46 PM »

There are some rather nice little Gallota PAs floating around and hidden in cupboards with similar…I see them every now and then (nobody wants to buy new bellows it seems), plus some modern Weltmeisters also have this dreadful design. I experimented with liquid  latex (the stuff that’s used for cinematic effects), big old failure, I also tried spraying with Acrylic lacquer, ditto. Conclusion…firewood and a waste of a nice little accordion until/unless replacement is found.

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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2022, 07:58:29 AM »

I purchased a couple of the above mentioned Scarletti bellows, they had that plastic looking corner diamond, which I’ve come across in PA repair jobs , I gave them away as morally I could not use them.
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Re: Scarlatti bellows diamonds
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2022, 07:54:04 AM »

The Hohner Ariette instruments have this problem too.
I have run into concertinas made this way and i rebuilt the bellows during lockdown using new leather gussets fancy paper for the lining and skived leather for bellows tape. It was a lot of work on middling concertinas but they look great and I would feel confidant tackling something fancy now. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhxhmjpp1K/
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