German Concertina
date: label: date made
content: 1830 - 1850
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This concertina was made by an unknown maker in Germany, around 1830-1850. It is a rectangular-shaped concertina, 5 buttons on one side, and 5 buttons on other, with a sixth button (lock mechanism?). This instrument is similar to early <i>Chemnitzer konzertinas</i> made by Carl Friedrich Uhlig (1798-1874), with 5 buttons on each side. Each button produced two different tones depending on the direction of the bellows.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Louis Willige
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095040
label: accession number
content: 25584
label: catalog number
content: 95040
objectType: label: Object Name
content: concertina
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (handles material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 6 1/16 in x 8 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 15.39875 cm x 20.955 cm