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Accordeon. Rosewood ends, 13.81x4.69in/350x120mm, with Tunbridge-style purfling and veneered sides with floral marquetry. Right-hand has 22 round pearl keys, in two rows of 11 (4 on outer row with abalone markers), 2 snakehead brass palm leavers (one with a cage), and 24 round pearl pallets in 2 adjacent rows. Left-hand has fancy brass spoon air lever in whitewood hand frame. Brass reed beds, brass single-riveted tongues. 5-fold green leather-edged bellows with gold leaves on green papers. No label. Action and bellows frame marked with serial number: '6.'
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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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- Materials:abalone shell, mother of pearl, metal, paper, textile, wood
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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: 150 x 353 x 120 mm