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Concertina
Anglo-German system concertina. Flat rosewood ends, 6.56in/167mm across parallel sides. 21 buttons: 10 each side + 1 air (one right-hand missing); stamped with numbers 1-10, glued onto wooden levers. Steel reeds, riveted onto zinc reed plates. 6-fold black leather bellows. Later leather straps with brass screws. Oval gilt label on black paper: 'WS Riley, Corporation St, Birmingham'. No serial 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: 170 x 167 x 194 mm