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Melodeon
Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Rosewood veneered ends, 10.5x6in/267x152mm, with inlaid and fretworked pallet cover. 4 scalloped brass feet on left-hand. Right-hand has 10 keys with pearl buttons screwed to wooden levers, left-hand has 4 pearl-tipped bass buttons and a wooden air lever. 16-fold bellows with metal corners, fabric-edged and fancy papers. Leather hand strap and later fabric thumb straps. Fully inlaid label on front of end frame: Nazzareno Frontalini & FLI, Numana, Italia'. No serial number.
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Frontalini & Sons - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Italy - 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: 265 x 272 x 160 mm