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English concertina
English system concertina with hexagonal fretwork case and end plates of rosewood veneer (disassembled). Three-folded cardboard bellows with dark-green leather gussets and patterned paper. Four straight rows of bone buttons on each side (48 keys): two C buttons stained in red; accidental buttons stained in black; and natural white buttons with note letters stamped on their tops. Conventional radial reed pan with chamois gasketry, brass reed plates, brass reeds attached with steel screws, and white leather valves. Brass finger rests and dark-green leather thumb straps.
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1850–70 - Maker:
Wheatstone [Corporation] - Collection:
Gloucester Life - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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- Decorative elements:Patterned paper on bellows with a network of green crosses and dots on white background.
- Inscriptions:Circular reed pan interior paper labels (both sides): - Wheatstone & Co. / PATENTEES; - 20 Conduit St. Regent St. / LONDON; - Small notes / RIGHT (LEFT) HAND SIDE; - 48 Keys. - reed plate/frame sizes in Arabic numerals; - reed notes in scientific pitch notation. |Reed notes stamped on reed plates.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
- Repository:Gloucester Life
- Measurements:Length (closed): 150mm; Width: 180mm