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Concertina
Piano-system concertina. Flat rosewood ends, 7.5in/191mm across parallel sides, with broad, recessed bevel around edges and areas of fretwork above and below hand bar. Left-hand has 17 buttons: 10 tall and stamped bone naturals (one absent), 7 wood accidentals. Right-hand has 12 stamped bone naturals and 8 wood accidentals, all in piano layout. Two holes for air keys are stopped up. Brass reeds on zinc plates. 6-fold leather-edged bellows with gold embossed papers. Leather handstraps with buckles. No label or serial number.
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circa 1860 - Maker:
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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: 180 x 208 x 235 mm