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Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Wood ends, 10.25x5.5in/260x140mm, silver painted and with blue leather cloth. Right-hand has 10 steel-tipped wooden buttons operating thin pallets (two missing). Left-hand has 2 bass keys and one air valve. Brass reeds. 9-fold bellows of blue leather cloth with metal corners; central fold thicker. Right-hand fabric thumb strap loop, left-hand fabric strap. Metal bellows-frame plates labelled: 'Jetel Accordion made in Germany'. Lever board embossed: 'De Luxe', in gold. No serial number.
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Jetel - 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: 245 x 188 x 142 mm