The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-218.



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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 single-layer rosewood ends, rosewood veneer to Action- and Bellows-frames.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 155mm.

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Hand-cut single-layer rosewood ends, rosewood veneer to Action- and Bellows-frames.

End Bolts: Tall domed cheese-head brass end-bolts.

Fret Pattern: Standard Case Pattern, with scalloped embouchures for Label and Serial Number.

Label Embouchure Pattern: Standard Case Pattern, with scalloped embouchures for Label and Serial Number.

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

Finger-rest: Brass sheet, no trace of leather cladding, three securing screws.

Fret Condition: Good.

Damage Summary: LH strap replaced, top-strap replaced, no case-key.






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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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