The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-005.



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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 Mounted on end: Oval silver plaque, screwed to the end, with two small blued steel screws, and having the engraved wording ""By his Majesty's Letters Patent, C Wheatstone, Inventor, 20 Conduit Street, Regent Street, London" and the number "120" engraved over the Wheatstone name.

Serial Number Under Frets: 120 - On the topmost of the Frame of fret bracing bars that are glued under the frets.

Serial Number On Pans: Twice stamped in each of the top two chambers

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: 120 - on upper rim





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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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