University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
63/232/1-2
Exhibition
Creating Communities
Creator
Lachenal & Co Ltd
Description
Nothing is known of the origins of this concertina in a box. The concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, similar to an accordian, with bellows and buttons.
Physical description
1 concertina and box: wood
Archival history
Label - 'The peerless Anglo German manufactured by Lachenal and Co Specially for John C. Murdock and Co Ltd.'
Production place
United Kingdom
Production date
1850 - 1936
Object name
Concertina
Material
Wood
Associated subject
PERSONAL LIFE : accessories - recreational
Music