The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-204.



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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 two-ply ebony - veneer, hand-cut, with fancy engraved silver inset pieces to each corner, veneered frames, with an annular ring of Case-Pattern fret-work, with label plaque and owner's name plaque inset in silver.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 158mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Two-ply ebony -veneered ends, silver corner inlays.

End Bolts: Medium height cheese-head brass bolts.

End Stamps / Labels: Side stamp of "2712"

Fret Pattern: Standard Case pattern

Label Embouchure Pattern: Scalloped Cartouche, with flush silver plaque bearing label details.

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset silver-plated rectangular inset, with two steel securing screws.

Finger-rest: Silver-plated sheet, fully-engraved in similar pattern to silver corner inlays on fretwork.

Fret Condition: Good.

Damage Summary: Case absent, LH absent.





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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.