A bellows-mender is someone who repairs bellows, the instrument which puffs air into a fire to make it hotter. The bellows consists of two hinged pieces of wood with a leather bag attached to them, and the leather of the hinges and the bag was always wearing out.
Bellows mender
a bellows mender is someone who fixes the leather sack on the bellow its self and is used for forcing air into the black smiths factory. thankyou
a bellows mender is someone who fixes the leather sack on the bellow its self and is used for forcing air into the black smiths factory. thankyou
A bellows-mender would use tools such as a sewing awl, waxed thread, leather patches, a cutting tool, and a leather glue to repair and mend damaged bellows. These tools help ensure a tight and long-lasting seal to maintain proper airflow for the bellows.
Francis Flute, the bellows-mender.
Francis Flute, the bellows-mender.
Flute, who played the part of Thisbe in the Pyramus and Thisbe play.
Bellows mender
Nick Bottom, a weaver, takes up the role of the bellows-mender in the play within a play performed by the craftsmen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." He is one of the comic and bumbling characters in the play.
Nick Bottom the Weaver, Francis Flute the Bellows Mender, Peter Quince the carpenter (the playwright and director), Tom Snout the tinker, Robin Starveling the Tailor, and Snug, the joiner.
A shoe mender is called as cobbler
Flute is a bellows-mender. He repairs bellows which were used to blow air on a fire to make it hotter. A bellows was sort of like an accordion: two pieces of wood were hinged with flexible leather between them. In one of the pieces of wood there was a valve which let air into the bellows but did not let it out; there was a nozzle pointing at the fire. As the bellows were opened, air was drawn through the valve into the leather bag, and when they were closed, the air was forced out through the nozzle. Of course the leather bag tended to get worn through use, and it was a bellows-mender's job to fix it. Flute's name and his job are jokes, as he is the one with the high-pitched voice who is going to play the girl, Thisbe. Hence "Flute", a high-pitched musical instrument. A bellows, however, makes a lot of huffing and puffing and wheezing and grunting sounds which, coming from a person, would sound most unladylike.