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

End Frets

Summary: This lavishly-made model has hand-cut two-ply Amboyna-veneered frets, with extra delicate corner patterns.

End Shape: Hexagonal

End Sides: Six

End Diameter: 157.5 mm

End-Profile: Flat

End Material: Hand-cut two-ply Amboyna-veneered frets, with extra delicate corner patterns. Amboyna-veneered frames.

End Bolts: Medium cheese-head brass end-bolts.

Fret Pattern: Hand-cut two-ply Amboyna-veneered frets, with extra delicate corner patterns.

Label Embouchure Pattern: Oval Cartouche

Strap Screw-insert type: Inset rectangular brass insert with two steel securing screws.

Finger-rest: Brass sheet, clad in remnants of dark green leather, three securing screws.

Fret Condition: Fine.

Damage Summary: Top strap and thumb--strap replacements. Original pine fret baffle now converted to inner bellows-frame baffle.





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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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