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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: Later style, less intricate (but still hand-cut) pattern of hexagonal flat single thickness Rosewood, with embouchures for maker's label and for a serial number (both absent). Some fret damage. The divided end arrangements of Fretwork-frame and action frame are of Rosewood veneer.
End Shape: Hexagonal
End Sides: Six
End Diameter: 157mm
End-Profile: Flat
End Material: Solid rosewood ends, veneered frames.
End Bolts: Shallow-height cheese-head brass bolts, securing the fretwork end to the action frame and bellows.
Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval to RH, shield-shaped to LH, RH damaged.
Strap Screw-insert type: Inset circular brass screw-fittings to side, each secured by a single steel screw
Finger-rest: Standard format curved-end brass finger-rests, no leather cladding. Three securing screws.
Fret Condition: Some damage to the fretwork with fragments glued to pieces of the sub-fret baffle..
Damage Summary: Some fret damage: Awaiting Conservation.
