The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-154.



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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 Within Cartouche on chamois baffle: Oval paper label, beneath oval Cartouche, glued upon sub-frets Pine Board

Serial Number Under Frets: 451, Within LH scalloped Cartouche printed on white Chamois sub-fret Baffle

Serial Number On Action Board: 451, on upper and lower rims of action board.

Serial Number On Pans: 451 Twice: in top chambers of reed frames, and on inner face of reed-pan.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: 451, on top inner triangular pan support (which has a curved outer profile) in the top of the bellows-frame; the "L" & "R" stamps are on the adjacent frame-sides.

Dealer's Labels Summary: The faint stamp " "T Gowan" appears on the LH lower veneer of the action frame. The oval red-ink stamp of "Concertina DE Repairer" with, added in ink either side of the oval "08 46" - indicating a 1946 repair visit.

Dealer Label: The faint stamp " "T Gowan"





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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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