The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-104.



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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 raised chrome plated metal ends inset to original ebony-veneered softwood end-frames.

End Shape: Octagonal

End Sides: Eight

End Diameter: 184mm

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

End Material: High quality chrome-plated metal.

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

Label Embouchure Pattern: A earlier 1920s-style scalloped engraved inset metal plaque with the Wheatstone label, which is pinned to the chrome plated ends

Strap Screw-insert type: Thumb-strap metals insert directly to fret area; wrist-straps are secured by woodscrew at one end, and adjustable strap screw at the other, inserting to circular brass insert in action frame edge.

Finger-rest: Chamfered and moulded chrome plated finger-rests.

Fret Condition: Fine

Damage Summary: None





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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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