Anglo-German system. Serial number 17440. Stamp in wood of right-hand end: 'Blood and Fire, the Salvation Army' with a crest. Flat thick mahogany ends, simple frets, some right-hand damage. 27 keys: 13 each side + 1 air. Later leather straps with screws absent. Five-fold black leather bellows with gold star papers. Round-end steel reeds.
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