The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-007.



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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 "147" engraved over the Wheatstone name.

Serial Number mounted on End: 147, on oval silver plaque

Serial Number Under Frets: 147, on fret bracing bars, plus L & R.

Serial Number On Action Board: 147 on inner rim.

Serial Number On Pans: 147, once.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: 147, On rim.

Dealer Label: Wheatstone & Co's "West Street" label in lid of the later Wheatstone case. Case includes a letter from Wheatstones dated 1908.





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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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