The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-082.



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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: High quality replacement raised chrome plated metal ends inset to original ebony-veneered end-frames.

End Shape: Octagonal

End Sides: Eight

End Diameter: 174mm

End-Profile: Octagonal raised chrome-plated metal ends, later additions at "West Street".

End Material: High quality chrome-plated metal.

End Bolts: Medium pale brass cheese-head bolts.

Label Embouchure Pattern: No embouchure - label and serial number are on later 1930s-style scalloped black-on-metal "West Street" Wheatstone labels, is pinned to the later chrome plated ends.

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

Finger-rest: New format moulded chrome plated brass finger-rests, three securing screws

Fret Condition: Fine

Damage Summary: Later case





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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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