Concertina, Anglo-Style
Maker
William Spate
Date1882-1899 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
ModelAnglo style
Serial No.2282
SignedLabel inside an oval cartouche, right side end frame: WILLIAM SPATE'S / CONCERTINA / 25 & 27 Jewin Crescent / LONDON E.C.MarkingsInside right reed frame: 2282
Inside right reed frame: 1 2E R (probably manufacturer batch numbers)
Inside right reed frame: [a stylized butterfly and a cross made with a ballpoint pen of blue color]
DescriptionHexagonal shaped concertina of Anglo style (single action: each button produces two different pitches, depending upon whether the bellows are pushed or pulled), with a 20-key system.
Lightwood veneered end frames, with handcut fretwork. Eight-fold cardboard bellows covered in black leather. Each side has ten bone buttons, arranged in two curved rows. Simple anglo-type action mechanism layout with brass posts, and levers made of brass wire pinned to "house-shaped" raised area of action board. Standard rectilinear reed pan, with brass reeds, white leather valves, and pale chamois gasketry. Pale-red canvas fret baffle. Air-release button for the right hand thumb. Wood handle bars with leather straps on end frames.
DimensionsDiameter: 164mm
Length (bellows closed): 170mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Credit LineGift of Russell Enokson, 1999
Object number07378
On View
On view
1850-1854 ca.
