This is a Wheatstone Treble with brass reeds. It has been fitted with new pads, valves and straps, and has been tuned to concert pitch.

This is a remarkably tidy example of a pretty early Wheatstone. It has had some work done at some point to make the bellows look fresher, but the ends are in almost perfect original condition. Early instruments like this aren’t generally the most efficient concertinas, but this is a nice player with the unique characteristics of one of these very early examples.

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