The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-085.



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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 flat chrome plated metal ends inset to original ebony-veneered plywood end-frames.

End Shape: Octagonal

End Sides: Eight

End Diameter: 272mm

End-Profile: Octagonal raised chrome-plated metal ends, inset to ebony-veneered 4-ply plywood end-frames.

End Material: High quality chrome-plated metal.

End Bolts: Shallow profile, pale brass domed-head bolts, conically inset to end-frame.

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

Strap Screw-insert type: No inserts when integrally-clamped hand straps are used.

Finger-rest: Not used on Duet instruments.

Fret Condition: Fine

Damage Summary: Some missing end-frame veneer.





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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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