An assortment of vintage musical instruments, instructional literature, and accessories, primarily dating from the mid-20th century. The collection features a Ramboch diatonic button accordion with an ebonised wood casing, metal bellows frames, and buttons appearing to be of bone or early plastic. The name Ramboch Accordeon is printed on the front casing. Included are two M. Hohner harmonicas: a Super Chromonica chromatic harmonica housed in its original red and grey textured card box with a metal clasp, and an Echo harmonica with a cardboard sliding sleeve bearing a retail label for W. Paxton and Co Ltd, 36-38 Dean St, London. The lot also contains a blue plastic descant recorder with a red mouthpiece cap in a cardboard box, and educational booklets including The School Recorder Book Part 1 by E. Priestley and F. Fowler, and How to Play the Harmonica by Will Van Allen. Additional accessories comprise several pairs of wooden castanets hand-painted with traditional Spanish figures, a folding metal music stand in a flattened cardboard box marked Just Musical Music Stand Model 103A, and a small Philips electronic tuning device.
Condition report:
All items are in used vintage condition with visible signs of age and long-term storage. The accordion exhibits significant oxidation and rusting to the metal components, with wear to the bellows folds and scuffing to the wood finish. The Super Chromonica shows light surface scratching and minor pitting, while the Echo harmonica has more substantial plating wear and pitting. The Echo harmonica box sleeve is worn and missing an end flap. The music stand box and recorder box show heavy wear and taping. Castanets and booklets have standard age-related wear. All instruments are sold as seen and have not been tested for musical functionality.
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