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Accordeon. Rosewood veneer ends, 14.25x5in/362x127mm, with scalloped profile; boulle and brass inlaid pallet cover with three bands of fancy mouldings. Right-hand has 22 square pearl keys: 11 on each row. Left-hand has a fancy nickel spoon air key, two linked drone valves on black hand frame, and four brass feet. Brass tongues and beds. 5-fold bellows with gaudy papers. Oval stamp on left-hand: 'Busson Brevete, Paris'. No serial number.
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circa 1850 - Maker:
Busson & Cie - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Paris (Timezone: Europe/Paris) - 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: 210 x 363 x 134 mm