Item Type: Concertina
End FretsSummary: Rectangular rosewood ends, with side-frames down to bellows-frame, in the manner and profile of the earliest German concertinas. Large holes for the leys, and a small lenticular-shaped area or simple fretwork below thw hand-bar, with an area of sub-fret chamois baffle behind it. End Shape: Rectangular End Sides: Four End Diameter: 114 wide x 150mm tall End-Profile: Flat solid rosewood ends, glued atop rosewood-veneered softwood end-frames. End Material: Simple machine-cut fret area. End Bolts: Four Dome-topped woodscres per side, (two absent from RH.). End Stamps / Labels: The label "By her Majesty's Letters Patent, C Wheatstone & Co, Inventors, 20 Conduit Street, London" is stamped into the varnish on the RH fretwork. Strap Screw-insert type: Into end-frame woodwork (but screws absent.) Fret Condition: Fine Damage Summary: Top strap missing, case absent. |
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Created August 2009 by Neil Wayne
Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams
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