The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-113.



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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

End Frets

Summary: High quality raised tortoiseshell ends, with tortoiseshell-veneered end-frames.

End Shape: Octagonal.

End Sides: Eight.

End Diameter: 168mm.

End-Profile: Octagonal raised tortoiseshell ends, with tortoiseshell-veneered end-frames.

End Material: Tortoiseshell ends, with tortoiseshell-veneered end-frames.

End Bolts: Medium pale brass cheese-head bolts.

Label Embouchure Pattern: No embouchure - label and serial number are on later 1950s-style scalloped black-on-metal Wheatstone labels, each pinned to the shell ends.

Strap Screw-insert type: Two-pin Wheatstone strap clasp.

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

Fret Condition: Fine.

Damage Summary: No 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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