The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-163.



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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

Labels and Serial Numbers

Label Within Cartouche on chamois baffle: Oval paper label, beneath oval Cartouche, glued upon replacement sub-fret chamois baffle.

Serial Number Under Frets: 294, on inner edge of fret frame.

Serial Number On Action Board: 294, on upper rim only of action board.

Serial Number On Pans: 294 Once only, near central hole on inner face of each reed pan.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: 294, faintly in pencil on the remnants of the original pine baffles (now crudely glued into the bellows-frames at each end).

Dealer's Labels Summary: An oval dealer's label of R J Ward & Sons, 10, St Anne Street, a few doors from Islington, Liverpool is applied to an upper bellows paper. A further late period Lachenal & Co, Patent Concertina Manufacturers, London label was found glued over the original Scates Dublin label within the RH embouchure.

Dealer Label: An oval dealer's label of R J Ward & Sons, 10, St Anne Street, a few doors from Islington, Liverpool is applied to an upper bellows paper. A further late period Lachenal & Co, Patent Concertina Manufacturers, London label was found glued over the original Scates Dublin label within the RH embouchure.





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The Concertina Museum Collection

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