The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-265.



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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: A fine hand-cut pattern of hexagonal flat solid rosewood . No embouchures for maker's label and or serial number, which are stamped directly onto the fret areas. The fretwork-frame and action frame are clad in rosewood veneer

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 158.5mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Solid rosewood.

End Bolts: Low-height cheese-head brass bolts, securing the fretwork end to the action frame and bellows.

End Stamps / Labels: The "John Alvey Turner, Manufacturer, 19, Poultry" label is stamped into the frets of each end.

Label Embouchure Pattern: No embouchures for maker's label and or serial number, which are stamped directly onto the fret areas.

Strap Screw-insert type: Rectangular brass insert to action frame, with two steel screws..

Finger-rest: Long format curved-end brass finger-rests, fully-clad in original black leather. Two very small, and one broad-stemmed domed securing screws. .

Fret Condition: Fine

Damage Summary: Top strap missing. Two side panels of lid missing.





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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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