The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-164.



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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: Hand-cut solid mahogany frets.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 157.5mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Hand-cut solid mahogany frets, solid action and fret-frames.

End Bolts: Medium cheese-head brass.

Fret Pattern: Hand-cut simple pattern solid mahogany frets.

Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval Cartouche

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset circular brass disc with one steel securing screw.

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

Fret Condition: Fragments missing from each end.

Damage Summary: Later keys, later home-made case, added laetherette to bellows-frame area.





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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

This page created Tuesday 14 February 2012.