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Concertina
English-system concertina. Flat rosewood ends, 6.19in/157mm across parallel sides, with bevelled edges and simple fretwork with pine backing. 48 ivory buttons, black accidentals, stamped. Round-end brass reeds. Four-fold green leather bellows with gold star papers. Later brown leather straps with nickel or brass screws. Circular paper reed pan label stamped: ‘Wheatstone & Co.’. Oval paper label: ‘By Her Majesty’s Letters Patent/C. Wheatstone/Inventor/20 Conduit St., Regent St./London’. Serial number: 1858.
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circa 1849 - 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: 170 x 163 x 183 mm