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Melodeon
Melodeon, diatonic button accordion. Red varnished wood ends, 11x6.5in/279x165mm; silver-embossed pallet board with open pallets. Right-hand: 10 steel-tipped wood buttons and 4 floral metal slips; left-hand: 2 spoon basses, one spoon air valve. 15-fold metal-edged bellows, including 3 thick folds. Later thumb and hand straps. Front panel and metal corner plates embossed: 'Regal Melodeon, made in Germany'. Pallet board embossed with bugle and: 'Trade Mark, Made in Germany'. No serial number.
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Regal - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory 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: 290 x 295 x 166 mm