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The Box Place Repair & Tuning Services
The construction of a concertina is radically different from the larger squeezeboxes. Tuning and repair therefore require a very different approach to the larger types of squeezebox. In particular the certain parts, especially reeds, are not easily available and so require especial care.
Examples of the type of work I undertake:
- air leaks, lifted keys, stuck buttons, notes that don't sound right
- reed work such as replacing broken reeds, new valves, and woodwork repairs
- key conversions eg C/F to D/G etc
- converting bass buttons on old Hohner B/C boxes to useful chords
- tuning to your individual requirement, wet, swing, dry, musette, equal temperament, historic tunings etc
- bellows - missing corners, worn edges, leaking gaskets, custom made bellows
- straps custom made, or factory made from Hohner or Italian makers
- concertina pads, valves, bushings, tuning
- concertina bellows repairs, new bellows
- concertina re-pitching to A=440
- total restorations
And anything else that may be needed to put your instrument into good playing order.
All repair work is guaranteed for 1 year.
Instruments for repair can be sent by post. Please contact us first by email, phone or letter to discuss what you need. For tuning work its often not necessary to send the whole instrument, it is often sufficient to send just the reedblocks.