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Nigel Sture - the concertina doctor. We repair and restore concertinas - all work undertaken includ

I have been repairing concertinas since the early 80's when I started by tinkering around with my own and doing repairs for friends. I spent a lot time learning from Dick Cherry over in Exeter, who taught me tuning techniques and so much more. I have been restoring and tuning full time since 1997, and have a long list of very happy customers. We do a little buying and selling, so usually have a small number of nice instruments for sale.

11/11/2025

Here we have it! 🙄
A 20 key rosewood Lachenal that someone thought that the best way to tune the reeds would be to slacken off the clamping screws on the reed shoes 😬.
It makes the tuning job take much longer than it should as the reeds have to be re centered and the screws carefully tightened the right amount (they snap off easily if over tightened, so great care must be taken).
The screws have to be tightened enough so that the reeds can't move sideways, and that is pretty tight.

08/11/2025

Lachenal rosewood 30key anglo Concertina upgrade.
Fitting felt button hole bushes.
It makes a much smoother playing experience.

22/09/2025

Restoration of a nice Jones 32 key C/G Anglo Concertina just completed.

20/07/2025

Work in progress.
A nice amboyna 58 button Lachenal extended treble English Concertina with extra whistle and squeaker buttons.
When restoration is completed, this one will be available from Steve Turner at Turner Violins of Beeston, Nottingham.

Address

Kingsbridge
TQ72NR

Telephone

+441548531525

Website

http://www.concertinas-uk.co.uk/

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