The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-104.



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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

Labels and Serial Numbers

Label Mounted on end: A 1920s-style scalloped engraved inset metal plaque with the Wheatstone label, which is pinned to the chrome plated ends, "C Wheatstone & Co, Inventors, Patentees & Manfcts, Concertinas & Ĉolas. London"

Serial Number Under Frets: The use of "548" as a Batch Number, or just as a short referral to the main number, 31778.

Serial Number On Action Board: The use of "548" as a Batch Number, or just as a short referral to the main number, 31778, on inner face of reed-pans.

Serial Number On Pans: Batch number "548" on inner face of reed pan, in blue ink under the Wheatstone name.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: Batch number "548" on on inner bellows-frame, on topmost corner bellows support, next to the "L" or "R".





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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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