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Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Curved and metal-strapped end frames, 10.25x5.5in/260x140mm, with light grained pallet board. Right-hand: 10 steel-tipped wooden buttons, two wooden stops. Left-hand: 2 spoon bases, 1 spoon air valve. Nine-fold bellows, metal-edged, thick central fold. Embossed papers and gilt trimmings. Fabric straps. Silver embossed label on pallet board: 'Rigoletto, Made in Germany.' No serial number.
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Rigoletto - 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: 240 x 286 x 142 mm