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Item Type: Concertina
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Reeds and Reed Pans
Reed Pans Summary: Conventional radial pans with the central hole offset towards the smaller chambers in a now standard layout. Pan inset flush to bellows-frame, and with narrow dividers clad in the common pale yellow chamois. The pans are flush to the bellows-frame and reed-pans. Annular L Lachenal pan-label, with Lachenal details excised.
Reed Pans Main Labels: Round L Lachenal, Lit James St., type label, (Lachenal address details excised) but with note-names and reed-frame size codes.
Reed Pans Stamps: L & R
Reed Pans Gasketry: Yellow Chamois
Reed Pans Right Hand Cross Pieces: RH: 4 Wooden cross-pieces, (superceding the previous use of cork cross-pieces), each white chamois-capped, on top chambers
Reed Pans Left Hand Cross Pieces: LH: 4 Wooden cross-pieces, (superceding the previous use of cork cross-pieces), each white chamois-capped, on top chambers
Reeds Summary: Round end brass, with brass tongues and steel screws, stamped with note names
Reed Frame Material: Brass, some steel replacements.
Reed Tongue Material: Brass
Reed Frame Shape: Round-ended
Reed Tongue Profile: Parallel
Reed Securing Screws: The Brass tongues each secured by a pair of steel cheese-head screws.
Stamps on Reed Frames: Note-Names, plus each reed with the tiny stamp of the "Reed-frame size number" (corresponding with the adjacentnumber on the radial pan label).
