412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir

English system. Serial number 3041 (ends and bellows), 2788 (side stamp). Oval scalloped paper label: 'Patent concertina by Geroge Case, Boosey & Sons, Holles St, London.' 6.25" diameter flat rosewood ends, fancy frets with sinuous brass inlays. Gilt leather-clad finger rests. 48 keys: 24 each side, silver capped metal, bushed. Later leather straps with nickel screws. Five-fold green leather bellows with green/gold arabesque papers. Deep bellows frames. Round-end brass reeds with double sided reed pan, hexagonal central baffle screwed on inner side. Concertina making at Boosey can be traced to the production of George Case's concertinas at Boosey & Son in the 1850s.

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MUSEUM NUMBER
M635a-1996
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overall: 185 x 163 x 185 mm
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Musical Instruments
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