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Concertina
English system concertina. Flat rosewood ends with pine backing beneath the fretwork, 6in/152mm across parallel sides. 32 ivory buttons, black accidentals, stamped with note names. Square-end nickel reeds, two missing. Four-fold green leather bellows with gold circle papers. Later black leather straps with nickel screws. Oval paper label: By His Majesty’s Letters Patent/C. Wheatstone/Inventor/20 Conduit St., Regent St./London; Serial number 581; Reed pans serial number 580, Bellows serial number 580. With later hexagonal oak case.
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1843 - Maker:
Wheatstone [Corporation] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - 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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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements: overall: 140 x 155 x 175 mm