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Item Type: Concertina
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Bellows
Bellows Summary: 4-Fold green "Bookbinder's" leather bellows, the frame flush with the action frame. With another appearance of the gilt "Circle and Dot" patterned white papers found on many subsequent instruments. The bellows have silk bottom-bout reinforcements. The bellows-frame has a conventional set of triangular corner mounts to support the pan, a first move away from the "French Cradle" method of pan support.
Inner Bellows Cradle: A conventional set of triangular corner mounts within the bellows-frame support the reed-pan
Bellows Folds and Features: Five fold, "Bookbinder's" Style, circle & Dot papers.
Bellows Leather colour: Dark Green
