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Description a lovely old accordion in the collection of musical instruments, museum of fine arts, boston
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Author mararie from Boston, United States
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  • Accordion (c.1860, France) distributed by Keith, Prowse & Co., England. [Leslie Lindsey Manson Collection. Accession Number 17.1946]. MFA Boston (mfa.org). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
    "​Accordion:  ",
    "​Distributed by: Keith, Prowse & Co. (English, 1829 or 1831–after 1950) ",
    "​about 1860:  ",
    "​Object Place: France ",
    "​Medium/Technique: Ebonized wood ",
    "​Dimensions: Length 38.9 cm, width 12.6 cm, depth with bellows compressed 19.7 cm (Length 15 5/16 in., width 4 15/16 in., depth with bellows compressed 7 3/4 in.) ",
    "​Credit Line: Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection ",
    "​Accession Number: 17.1946 ",
    "​NOT ON VIEW:  ",
    "​Collections: Musical Instruments ",
    "​Classifications: Musical instruments – Aerophones ",
    "​Description: Rectangular wooden case decorated with wooden scrolls. Five- fold pasteboard bellows. Twenty-three [ed. - twenty-four] touches arranged in two rows with mother-of-pearl linings; round pearl keys. The basses are arranged on both sides: the right-hand basses (2) have long levers and are operated by the finger-joints; the left-hand basses are arranged for operation by the thumb and the ring and middle fingers. ",
    "​Provenance: Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916) "
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