Single action contrabass concertina. English system. Serial number 19207 (in pencil on left-hand action). No label. 8.38" x 11.75" diameter, thick flat ebony ends, bevelled, music stand on left-hand. 32 buttons: 16 each side. Metal, bushed. Black leather straps, nickel screws, plus screws for hand and neck straps. Seven-fold black leather bellows, two valve flaps on each lower fold. Very large steel reeds, many loaded.
412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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