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Accordion
Button accordion, in auto-harp style. Stained black ends, bass side 9.88x10.5in/251x267mm, reed bar side 9.75x10.5in/248x267mm. Bass side has 11 domed plastic buttons: 2 rows of 5 + 1 air button. Top row labelled 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1. Treble reed bar side has 21 tinplate reed bars which act on concealed levers. There are two strips of labelling, in staff notation and in tonic sol-fa, beneath the bars. One leather cloth hand strap on bass side. Brass reeds on zinc reed plates. Six-fold black leather cloth bellows on bass side. No label or serial number.
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1880 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Germany - 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: 542 x 167 x 292 mm