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Anglo concertina
Anglo system concertina with hexagonal fretwork case and end plates covered in aluminum or tin sheet. Eleven-folded cardboard bellows divided into three sets by two frames, with green canvas and white leather gussets. Metal corners on end plates, and bellow frames. Two straight rows of bone-tipped wooden buttons on each side (20 keys), plus an air button for the right hand thumb with the same design. Black-painted wood handle bars with double leather straps on end frames.
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first half of 20th century - Maker:
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Gloucester Life - Inventory number:
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England or Germany - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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- Decorative elements:Patterned paper on bellow with white floral motifs over a blue background. Metallic silver-coloured paper with wavy network pattern on end- and below-frames. Embossed floral motifs on fretwork-frame. Brass decorative eyelets on end-frames.
- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
- Repository:Gloucester Life
- Measurements:Length (closed): 270mm; Width: 200mm