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Concertina
English-system concertina. Flat amboyna ends, 6.12in/155mm across parallel sides. Foliate fretwork with net backing. 48 ivory buttons, black accidentals, stamped and bushed. Round-end brass reeds. Four-fold green leather bellows with gold star and blue hexagon papers. Green leather straps with nickel screws. Pans signed; J Scates, Dublin; Scalloped oval paper label: Joseph Scates, Manufacturer & Professor of the Concertina, 28 Westmoreland Street, Dublin; Serial number: 295.
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1855-1860 - Maker:
Scates, Joseph - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Dublin (Timezone: Europe/Dublin) - 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: 158 x 164 x 184 mm