412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir

Unusually small MacCann duet system concertina. Serial number 27099. Scalloped inset metal label: 'C. Wheatstone & Co. Inventors, Patentees & Manufacturers, Concertinas and Aeolas, London.'
5.19" diameter, eight sides, raised ebony, bevelled.
31 keys, metal domed chrome, bushed.
Later straps, secured with bone pallet and nickel screw on wood hand bars.
Six-fold leather bellows. Round-end steel reeds.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
M351a-1996
Date
1916
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 180 x 132 x 133 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; metal; leather
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
LOCATION
Music Gallery > Side C - The Ideal Sound > Case C1 - Seeking Sounds
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