The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-159.



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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 Within Cartouche on chamois baffle: Oval paper label, beneath oval Cartouche, glued upon the sub-fret white chamois baffle.

Serial Number Under Frets: 537, Within LH small oval Cartouche hand-written in ink on the white Chamois sub-fret Baffle

Serial Number On Side of end: The lower bout of the RH fret-frame has the number "336" scratched upon it, plus various Greek letters. Could be Pawnbrokers codes?

Serial Number On Action Board: 537, on upper rim only of action board.

Serial Number On Pans: 537 Once: in top chambers of reed frames.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: 537, on top inner triangular pan support (which has a curved outer profile) in the top of the bellows-frame; the "L" & "R" stamps are on the adjacent frame-sides.





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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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