Vintage English Concertina Squeeze Box for sale in Norristown, Pennsylvania

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$525

Classic English Concertina

Plate on decoration marked:.
C. Wheatstone.
Patent.
Concertina.
London.

Double Action (sounds in both bellows directions).
6 Hexagon shaped.
English Keyboard 48 secrets, 24 button each side.
English-style thumb-straps, Rests for the little fingers.
Gorgeous Fretwork.

Inside marked:.
West Coast Organ Co Manufacturers, LA CA.

Another label marked Peter Song.
Manufacturer & Importer of.
Musical Instruments.
203 Kearny St, near Sutter.
San Francisco.

Pencil marked 5th March 1948.
Louis Sr
. Then same markings overtop in ink.
P Bellizia, Harpist.

Inside other side:.
P M Bellizia Harp Trainer.
(Bellizia household are populared Italian Harp Makers).

Serial number 66 58.

Serial number 6658 appears in Ledger C1049 page 038.
23 Dec 1854 to 30 Dec 1854.
Dec 30 S Harradeu-- 4 concertinas.

In 1844 Charles Wheatstone (1), best known for his work in the field of physics, patented the 48-button English-system concertina. The instrument had actually currently been in production for some years following his 1829 patent for the symphonium, a complimentary reed mouth organ. Charles Wheatstone's family had actually been associated with the musical instrument trade for some years, and his bro, William Dolman Wheatstone, signed up with the firm in 1837. He became its owner in between 1847 and 1866, when Charles Wheatstone quit his participation in the business to concentrate on his scientific work, for which he was knighted and made a Fellow of the Royal Society. The following details is taped concerning the purchase of this instrument in the ledgers of the Wheatstone & Co. concertina manufacturing plant (): 30 Dec 1854: S Haradeu paid] 16.16 for this and 3 others (C1049, p038).


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