412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir

Duet system by Parker & Son. No serial number. Handwritten oval paper label under mica panel on right-hand end. 6.19" diameter flat metal ends, simple fretwork, screwed flat onto veneered rosewood sides, hand carved hand bars. 44 buttons: 24 left-hand + 20 right-hand, bone, some stamped from their previous instrument, note names scratched on left-hand end, black capped accidentals, Jeffries duet style layout. Stiff leather hand straps screwed onto hand bar. Nine-fold black leather bellows with black papers. Round-end brass reeds of assorted sizes, probably Jones, Jeffries, etc. Each pan labelled: 'Parker & Son Makers, Tunbridge Wells,' and in pencil: 'EOP Sept. 1919.'

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MUSEUM NUMBER
M291a-1996
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 200 x 182 x 184 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
bone
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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