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Concertina
English-system concertina. Flat amboynas ends, 6.25in/159mm across parallel sides; simple fretwork with pine backing. 48 ivory buttons: 24 each end, black accidentals, stamped with note names. Square-end brass reeds. Four-fold green leather bellows, gold-star papers. Green leather straps, nickel screws. Oval paper label: ‘By Her Majesty’s Letters Patent/C. Wheatstone/Inventor/20 Conduit St., Regent St./London’. Serial number: 1668.
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circa 1848 - 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: 152 x 160 x 185 mm