The Concertina Museum Collection Ref:C-271.



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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

Other Serial Numbers: 365 on bellows and pans, and inner face of action. The numbers are stamped in different positions to the usual placement on mid-Victorian minor makers.

Serial Number mounted on End: No external number.

Serial Number On Action Board: Serial number 65, (NOT 365) on outer face of action board, Serial number 365 on inner face of action board,on top and bottom rims

Serial Number On Pans: No Number on pans, but a pencilled "40" on inner face of each pan.

Serial Number On Bellows Frame: Serial number 365, on bellows-frame.

Dealer's Labels Summary: A dealer's label of "Barnett Samuel and Sons, Worship Street, London" label, with, in the lid of the case, the large square green label of E F Allen & Sons of Wolverhapton; this label is also a receipt for the purchase of the instrument at 38/6d (£1 18s 6d).





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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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