The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-176.



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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 rosewood ends, fancy annular ring of fret-work.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 154.5mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Rosewood: solid on frets, sides veneered

End Bolts: Medium cheese-head brass

Fret Pattern: Standard Case Pattern

Label Embouchure Pattern: Scalloped cartouche to RH.

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset rectangular brass sheet with rounded corners (a first appearance of this style), with two steel securing screws.

Finger-rest: Curved-ended brass sheet, clad in original 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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