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Melodeon.
Technical description: In C at A₄=452Hz. Short octave: compass E₃, F₃, G₃, B₃, C₄ diatonically to C₆ and E₆ for right hand, 10 buttons, exposed pallets; 2 for left hand giving tonic and dominant chords plus release button. One stop for vibrato effect. Each button gives two pitches according to direction of bellows. Rectangular wooden ends.
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Circa 1900 - Maker:
Standard Accordion - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Saxony/Germany - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.132-8
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132-8
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:length: 270 (closed); depth: 213; height 110.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17013