The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-306.



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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: The standard stamp of Lachenals' "Reed Frame" Trade Mark stamp appears of the RH Handstrap Bar - Information on Lachenals' original application in 1889 is here: http://www.concertina.com/lachenal/Edeophone-Reg-Design-129662.pdf

Serial Number Under Frets: Not on baffles

Serial Number On Action Board: None

Serial Number On Pans: Serial number 53763, once on outer pan face.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: Serial number 53763, on bellows-frame.

Dealer's Labels Summary: Two Dealers' labels: No 1: An oval Dealer's label in the RH Fret Embouchure of: "Keith, Prowse & Co., Manufacturers, 48 Cheapside, London". (A good survey by Wes Williams of the Prowse family's various addresses and some noted instruments is at: http://www.lvcott.fsnet.co.uk/others.htm#KeithProwse). No 2: An oval dealer's label beneath the central LH frets of "L. Niebour, Musical Instrument dealer, Kingston on Thames". An entry on the UK Piano Forum pages mentions Niebour as a Piano Merchant possobly a piano-maker, here: http://www.piano-tuners.org/piano-forums/viewtopic.php?t=1326&p=4130

Dealer Label: Keith, Prowse & Co., Manufacturers, 48 Cheapside, London. - And - "L. Niebour, Musical Instrument dealer, Kingston on Thames"





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The Concertina Museum Collection

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Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams

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