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Item Type: Concertina
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End Frets
Summary: Rectangular mahogany ends, with side-frames down to bellows-frame, in the manner and profile of the earliest German concertinas. Large holes for the keys, and a small lenticular-shaped area or simple fretwork below the hand-bar, but with the area of sub-fret chamois baffle now removed.
End Shape: Rectangular
End Sides: Four
End Diameter: 115 wide x 150mm tall
End-Profile: Flat solid mahogany ends, glued atop solid mahoganyend-frames.
End Material: Simple machine-cut fret area.
End Bolts: Four modern flat-topped woodscres per side..
End Stamps / Labels: The label "By her Majesty's Letters Patent, C Wheatstone & Co, Inventors, 20 Conduit Street, London" is stamped into the varnish on the RH fretwork.
Strap Screw-insert type: Into end-frame woodwork (no original screws present.)
Fret Condition: Plain
Damage Summary: Straps, strap-handles and one lever replaced, 2 brass key-caps absent.
