Anglo-German system. No serial number. No label. 7.25" diameter rosewood veneer, frets are simple drilled holes, corner inlays all missing. 21 keys: 10 each side + 1 air. Left-hand later wood (1 absent), right-hand brass rivets (3 absent). Later leather straps. Eight-fold cloth bellows with various gilt papers. Reeds riveted to single reed plates.
412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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