The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-330.



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Item Type: Concertina

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Summary

Full Description: An early George Jones 20-Key Anglo concertina, with dealer's label of "Improved Concertina, Ebblewhite, Maker, 24 High Street, Aldgate, London". Mahogany ends, frets and action boards, broad bone buttons, simple part-radial reed-pans, and 5-fold bellows. A common form of the Jones two-row 20+1-Key anglo concertina, with a dealers' label of "Ebblewhite", with the standard style of mahogany ends and fretwork that appears on the many basic 2- and 3-row anglo concertinas produced by the George Jones workshops.

Concertina Summary: An early George Jones 20-Key Anglo concertina, with dealer's label of "Ebblewhite". A common form of the Jones two-row 20+1-Key anglo concertina, with a dealers' label of "Ebblewhite", with the standard style of mahogany ends and fretwork that appears on the many basic 2- and 3-row anglo concertinas produced by the George Jones workshops.

Owner or Collection: Concertina Museum, Belper

Maker: George Jones.

Maker Links: Concertina by George Jones. A good source of George Jones information is here: and the Wes Williams' data on Jones and other makers is here.

Region of Manufacture: London

Main Maker's Label Wording: Maker's Label absent - dealer's label only.

Principal Serial Number: None, though a "Batch Number 8" is in pencil on the bellows-frame.

System Type: 20 + 1 Key Anglo system - the standard layout of the basic 20-key format.

Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-330.






Maker Details

George Jones

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