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Table top seraphine. No serial number. No label. Rosewood veneered ends and sides. 19" x 17.25", the top having three sliding sections, one of which is fretted, the other with oval air holes. Traces of muslin backing. One straight row of 27 white notes, of broad ivory, with an accidental row of 18 black-cored ivory buttons. No straps. Later U-section reed beds, with double riveted nickel tongues. The beds are pushed into saw-cut grooves in the pan-board.
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