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Boxwood; ivory mounts except for a brass mount on the butt: fifteen brass keys mounted on pillars which are themselves on very small turned blocks: compass to low G, with the foot reflected from a boxwood butt for the two lowest notes; the keys down to D sharp with cupped covers, the seven lowest keys of plug type; duplicate C key for L2: the retracted foot and left hand section integral.

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  • Inscriptions:On head socket and both body sections: "[indecipherable mark] / I.ZIEGLER / WIEN"
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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 726mm.