English system. Serial number 762. Label absent, possible Robert Dowsett. 6.12" diameter flat fine rosewood ends, simple frets, only one bolt remains unsheared on each end, grey leather backing. 48 keys: 24 each side. Ivory with black accidentals, stamped and bushed. Original green leather straps with nickel screws. Four-fold green leather bellows with silk reinforced on lower folds and gold star papers, stamped inside: 'R.762 D,' with a small 'D' also on pans near 'L' and 'R' marks. Round-end nickel reeds.
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