The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-151.



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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

End Frets

Summary: Flat amboyna-veneer on mahogany backing layer, amboyna-veneered sides, hand-cut fret pattern.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 156.5mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Amboyna Veneer

End Bolts: Medium cheese-head brass, with added nickel washers, one absent to RH, three absent to RH

Fret Pattern: Hand cut simple Scates pattern.

Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval Cartouche

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset circular brass disc with one steel securing screw.

Finger-rest: Brass sheet, clad in original green leather. LH Rest absent

Fret Condition: Some conserved cracking

Damage Summary: Fret restorations, LH finger-rest absent





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The Concertina Museum Collection

Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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