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Accordeon. 11.75x4.75in/298x121mm light maple wood ends inlaid and purfled with 3 more coloured woods. Left-hand has a decorative brass spoon air lever, with two articulated bass keys, on white hand frame. Right-hand has 16 pearl square keys, 8 on each row, with two brass palm levers, one with a brass protecting cage. 18 round pearl pallets. Single rivet brass reeds. Six-fold leather-edged bellows, with blue, black and silver papers. Oval stamp on right-hand: Busson Brevete Paris; Inner pan stamp: J Gregory Maker, 27 Lister Gate, Nottingham; Pan bears Gregory stamp and action has in ink: D38
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1870-1880 - Maker:
Busson & Cie - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - 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: 151 x 291 x 122 mm