Item Type: Tutor - Wheatstone'sSummaryFull Description: A facsimile copy of C Wheatstone’s two-page introductory document about
his new invention, the “Double Concertina”. The
‘Double’ concertina was introduced by
Wheatstone’s Conduit Street manufactory from about
1845. A good summary of its history appears together with details of
Robert Gaskins’ Double No 23
appears here
; [http://www.concertina.com/double/wheatstone-double-no-23/index.htm] The
Collection has an early 66-key double concertina as
Item C.100
, [http://www.concertinamuseum.com/CM00100.htm] which was acquired together
with the ‘Double’ Tutor, Item
NC.5.4.6-001
[http://www.concertinamuseum.com/NC50406-001.htm] in the Collection. Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 5.4.6-002 |
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