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Melodeon
Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Black wood ends, 10.25x5.5in/260x140mm; silver embossed pallet board. Right-hand: 10 metal-tipped wood buttons, exposed metal pallets. Left-hand: 2 bass and 1 air button. Brass reeds. 11-fold bellows: alternating 3 thin, 1 thick; metal corners, pale papers. Left-hand fabric hand straps. Bellows stamped: 'Piccolo Organ, Steel Bronze Reeds'. Reed bank knobs labelled 'Parsifal Melodeon, Ge Setz Lich Ge Schutzt'. No serial number.
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Ludwig company [Corporation] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory 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: 285 x 278 x 142 mm