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Melodeon
Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Stained wood ends, 11x6in/279x152mm; silver embossed pallet board. Right-hand has 10 plastic tipped wood buttons on wood levers, open pallets. Left-hand has 2 bass buttons, one air button. 15-fold metal-decorated bellows, alternating 3 thin, 1 thick, with mock-crocodile papers. Left-hand leather hand strap. Front frames embossed: 'Portland Accordeon'. Pallet board embossed: 'Universal Foreign'. No serial 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: 315 x 313 x 154 mm