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

End Frets

Summary: Flat solid rosewood more fancy annular design hand-cut frets with red felt bushings and extra fretting to corners, and a tiny hole right in the centre (possible where the scribing-tool or compass marked out the boundaries of the annular ring of fretwork).

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 183.5 mm

End-Profile: Flat, with chamfered edges.

End Material: Solid rosewood ends, veneer-over mahogany frames.

End Bolts: Medium cheese-head pale nickel/brass.

Fret Pattern: Hand cut more complex Scates pattern.

Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval Cartouche

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset rectangular brass sheet with two steel securing screws.

Finger-rest: Brass sheet, clad in replacement dark green leather, three securing screws.

Fret Condition: Fine.





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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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