Melodeon, Italian. No serial number. Fully inlaid label on front of end frame: Nazzareno Frontalini & FLI, Numana, Italia.' 10.5" x 6" diameter rosewood veneered ends, with inlaid and fretworked pallet cover, four scalloped brass feet on left-hand. Right-hand has 10 keys with pearl buttons screwed to wooden levers, left-hand has 4 pearl-tipped bass buttons and a wooden air lever. Leather hand strap and later fabric thumb straps. Sixteen-fold bellows with metal corners, fabric-edged and fancy papers.
412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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