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Accordion

Accordeon. 18.44x5.38in/468x137mm ends, boulle-work with ormolu corners and decoration. Right-hand has 31 square pearl keys: 13 outer row, 18 inner row. Left-hand has a spoon bass lever (absent) and two bushed bass chord levers. Brass beds and tongues. 7-fold bellows with blue on silver papers. No label or serial number.

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  • Materials:PLA, Tortoise shell, mother of pearl, iron, copper alloy, leather metal, textile, wood
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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: 190 x 473 x 140 mm