The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-190.



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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 ebony-two-ply veneer, hand-cut, with veneered frames, with an annular ring of fret-work

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 158mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Two-ply ebony-veneered ends

End Bolts: Fat domed cheese-head brass

End Stamps / Labels: Side stamp of "2937"

Fret Pattern: Standard Later Case pattern

Label Embouchure Pattern: Scalloped Cartouche

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset rectangular brass insert with two steel securing screws.

Finger-rest: Brass sheet, fully clad in original gilt-embossed green leather.

Fret Condition: Good

Damage Summary: Top case strap missing.





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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

This page created Tuesday 14 February 2012.