The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-119.



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Item Type: Concertina

Summary Labels and Serial Numbers End Frets Fingering System Straps and Holding Devices Fret Baffle Action Board Reeds and Reed Pans Bellows Case and Other

Bellows

Bellows Summary: 5-Fold Lachenal-designed leather bellows, with delicate gilt-embossed leather on the bellows-frames. An early appearance of the new gold and green floral-patterned bellows papers, with special panel having the Wheatstone & Co label.

Bellows Inside Material: Normal white bellows hinges.

Inner Bellows Cradle: A new provision of Twelve triangular mounts (all spread equally around the the inner bellows-frame) to support the reed-pan

Bellows Folds and Features: 5-Fold Lachenal-designed leather bellows, with delicate gilt-embossed leather on the bellows-frames. The bellows have gold and green floral-patterned bellows papers, with a special panel having the Wheatstone & Co label.

Bellows Leather colour: Dark Green leather, with ornate gilt-embossing patterns.

Bellows Outside Labels: The bellows paper nearest to the bottom of the LH bellows-frame is printed with a full Wheatstone label, "Wheatstone, Inventors & Patentees, 20 Conduit St, Regent St, London". An early appearance of this Bellows Label in the Collection's Wheatstones.





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The Concertina Museum Collection

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Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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