GLRCM · F_2005.035.001

English concertina

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Description

English system concertina with hexagonal fretwork case and end plates of rosewood veneer. Three-fold black leather bellows. Four straight rows of nickel-silver buttons on each side (56 keys). Nickel-silver finger rests. Black leather thumb-straps. This instrument belonged to Robert Beer from Somerset, who was a saddler and later a mechanic.

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