The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.01-001.
A Wheatstone Symphonium, serial number 78, with gold reeds, 17 keys, and fully engraved with Wheatstone’s 20 Conduit Street address.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.01-002.
A Wheatstone Symphonium, serial number 171, with nickel-silver reeds, 24 keys, and fully engraved with Wheatstone’s 20 Conduit Street address. This model is a later 24-key version

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.01-003.
A Wheatstone Symphonium, serial number 128, with nickel-silver reeds, 24 keys, and fully engraved with Wheatstone’s 20 Conduit Street address. This model is a later 24-key version, with a full four columns of keys either side

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.02-001.
A 20-reed Wheatstone Double Aeolina, c1825, and made at 20 Conduit Street for Singleton, Worcester, whose name is engraved upon the metal frame. It retains its original gilt-embossed, silk lined red leather case, and two of the reed tongues have been replaced.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.1-001.
This rare and early Demian Accordéon originates from the remains of the “Wheatstone Museum Collection”, King's College, London, from where it was disposed of in the 1960s. It bears the exposed circular pearl pallets and ebony levers that influenced Charles Wheatstone when he created the first “Open Pallet” concertina in the early 1830s.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.1-002.
This rare and early Demian Accordéon originates from the “Ruth Askew Collection” ( http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/paulmarshs/pages/ruthaskew.html ), and was part of a small collection of concertina-related items, bandoneons and Flutinas acquired from her family after her death in September 2009.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-001.
An 8-plus-2-Key “Flutina” or “Accordéon Diatonique”.
An early model, with cantilevered brass connector to rear of the keyboard, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-002.
A 12-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
An early model, with cantilevered brass connector to rear of keyboard, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates within.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-003.
An 8-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
An early model, with a pair of rise-and-fall brass sliders operating pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates within.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-004.
An 10-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
An early model, with a pair of rise-and-fall brass sliders operating pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates within.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-005.
An 15-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
An early model in two-row form, with a cantilevered brass connector to the rear of the keyboard, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-006.
An 19-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later model in two-row form, with a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-007.
An 22-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later model in two-row form (the rows on either side of the hand-bar), with a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, with perforated brass end-covers, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-008.
An 19-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later model in two-row form (the rows on either side of the hand-bar), with a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, with perforated brass end-covers, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets on curliqued brass levers, leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-009.
A 19-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later model in two-row form (the rows on either side of the hand-bar), with a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, with perforated brass end-covers, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets on curliqued brass levers, leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-010.
A 25-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later, more developed model in two-row form (the rows of 12 and of 13 keys on either side of the hand-bar), this model without with any pivoted levers atop the hand-bar.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-011.
A 24-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later, more developed model in two-row form, with two rows with a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, with perforated brass end-covers, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets on curliqued brass levers, leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-012.
A 24-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later, more developed model in two-row form, with two rows (12 and 12, either side of hand-bar). There is a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets on curliqued brass levers, leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

The Concertina Museum Ref:C15.3.2-013.
A 31-plus-2-Key "Flutina" or "Accordéon Diatonique".
A later, more developed model in two-row form, with two rows (15 and 16, either side of hand-bar). There is a pair of pivoted levers atop the hand-bar, operating a pair of rise-and-fall pearl pallets on curliqued brass levers, leading to drone chordal reed-plates.

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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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