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Kimric Smythe

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Oddball register shifting device
« on: March 15, 2018, 07:26:53 AM »

I get some really odd stuff in the shop now and then. here is a really unusual shifter setup.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTanuZPlrdD/?taken-by=hand_n_hammer
The blocks slide back and forth instead of a slider plate.
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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2018, 07:52:59 AM »

I'd bet that's a bit heavy to play with a thumb-strap!
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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2018, 08:55:17 AM »

I've seen similar moving reedblock systems on two other instruments.  A Hohner's Morino club (picture below)  and a German concertina which I can't find photos of.  Paul Groff has the concertina now.

The Morino only has a single reed block to move.
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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 10:23:57 AM »

I've seen similar moving reedblock systems on two other instruments.  A Hohner's Morino club (picture below)  and a German concertina which I can't find photos of.  Paul Groff has the concertina now.

The Morino only has a single reed block to move.

Here are a couple of pics of that German concertina. It's MM, celeste tuned, with a similar stop (and sliding reedblock) on each side.

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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2018, 12:31:15 PM »

I've seen similar moving reedblock systems on two other instruments.  A Hohner's Morino club (picture below)  and a German concertina which I can't find photos of.
I wonder how airtight those systems are. Are the moving reedblocks sealed with leather, and does the leather wears down over time?
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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2018, 06:28:06 AM »

Seems to seal alright, but the resistance to movement can make for hard shifting. The concertina seems like it would lend itself to this though.
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Re: Oddball register shifting device
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2018, 12:33:11 PM »

Sliding block concertina on ebay now plus a pic from the listing for posterity.
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