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Item Type: Concertina
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Reeds and Reed Pans
Reed Pans Summary: Shallow radial pans with the central hole offset towards the smaller chambers now in a shallow and symmetrical layout. Pan inset flush to bellows-frame, and with narrow dividers clad in conventional yellow chamois. The pans are flush to the bellows-frame and reed-pans.
Reed Pans Main Labels: No circular pan label on this instrument.
Reed Pans Stamps: L & R twice
Reed Pans Serial Numbers: Batch Number of the instrument "44", ink-stamped within topmost reed chamber.
Reed Pans Gasketry: pale yellow chamois
Reed Pans Right Hand Cross Pieces: RH: 5 Wooden cross-pieces, (superceding the previous use of cork cross-pieces), each chamois-capped, on top chambers
Reed Pans Left Hand Cross Pieces: LH: 5 wooden cross-pieces, (superceding the previous use of cork cross-pieces), each chamois-capped, on top chambers
Reeds Summary: 96 wedge profiled, long-scale round-ended brass reed frames, 24 on each side of each reed pan. Export models such as this almost always had rust-resistant brass or bronze reed-tongues, and Wheatstones' Sales literature for such instruments stated "May be safely relied upon for India". Round-end frames, with all brass tongues each secured by a single small domed steel rivet -another appearance in the Collection's Wheatstones of this fixing style. . Note names stamped on each reed-frame.
Reed Frame Material: Brass
Reed Tongue Material: Brass tongues.
Reed Frame Shape: Tapered long-scale round-ended brass reed frames.
Reed Tongue Profile: parallel
Reed Securing Screws: A single small domed steel rivet.
Stamps on Reed Frames: Note names stamped on reed-frames
