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Item Type: Concertina
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Straps and Holding Devices
Straps Summary: Black leather profiled hand-straps mounted on tall transverse hand-bars, and secured by an adjustable nickel clasp to one end, and clamped at the other to the hand bar with a rectangular ivory plate with two screws: The straps are a later replacement, (probably added during the instrument's restoration at Dipper Concertinas), since large Duets of the period would have Gilt-embossed and Wheatstone-named straps.
Thumb-straps Summary: None.
Hand-straps Summary: Black leather profiled hand-strap mounted on tall transverse hand-bars, and secured by an adjustable nickel clasp to one end, and clamped at the other to the hand bar with a rectangular ivory plate with two screws: The straps are a later replacement, (probably added during the instrumen's restoration at Dipper Concertinas), since large Duets of the period would have Gilt-embossed and Wheatstone-named straps.
Hand-straps Material: Black leather.
Hand-straps Decoration: Embossed borders around their perimeter.
Hand-straps Holes or Slot: Holes.
Hand-straps Later Replacement: The straps are a later replacement, (probably added during the instrumen's restoration at Dipper Concertinas).
Hand-straps Screws & Fittings: Black leather profiled hand-strap mounted on tall transverse hand-bars, and secured by an adjustable nickel clasp to one end, and clamped at the other to the hand bar with a rectangular ivory plate with two screws: The straps are a later replacement, (probably added during the instrumen's restoration at Dipper Concertinas), since large Duets of the period would have Gilt-embossed and Wheatstone-named straps.
