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Accordeon. Rosewood veneer ends, 15.69x5.06in/399x129mm, with floral marquetry inlay and Tunbridge-style purfling. Right-hand has two rows of 12 fan-carved pearl keys, three with abalone markers. The pallets are round carved pearl, there are two snake headed nickel palm levers controlling drone chords. Left-hand has one nickel spoon and an air valve in whitewood hand frame. Rectangular reed beds with roughly riveted single brass tongues; drone reed plate with four tongues. 5-fold silver and blue bellows, leather-edged. No label or serial number.
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1840-1845 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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France - 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: 160 x 398 x 136 mm