412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir

Accordeon. No serial number. Inner ink label: 'Gale 2/-.' 5.56" x 5.31" diameter rosewood veneer ends, with brass ivory and pearl boulle inlay, and brass purfling. Left-hand has one nickel spoon air valve in whitewood hand frame. Right-hand has 2 rows of pearl keys: 12 naturals with carved pearl doves, 12 naturals with carved wreaths. Round pearl pallets carved radially, two snakehead nickel palm levers controlling drone chords. Five-fold leather-edged bellows with blue floral printed silver papers. Rectangular reed beds with roughly double rivets, and a drone reed plate with 3 tongues.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
M517a-1996
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 162 x 396 x 136 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; textile; paper; metal; mother of pearl
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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