Anglo-German system. No serial number. No label. 6.56" diameter thick rosewood ends, fancy full fretting, bevelled. 21 keys: 10 each side + 1 air, bone tipped wood, glued to levers (all left-hand tips and 7 of right-hand absent). Stamped 1-10. Five-fold green leather bellows with gold star papers. Reeds riveted to single reed plates. The plates of brass.
412.132-62 Sets of free reeds with flexible air reservoir
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