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Accordion pleats are a type of fine, narrow, regular pleating created by sewing or pressing minute darts into the fabric of dresses and skirts, usually from the waistband towards the hem. Accordion pleating was used in the construction of ball gowns during the late 19th century. By the turn of the century it was an integral part of many styles and became especially popular during the 1920s and 1950s.
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A bellows case is an expanding case, the expansion being affected by the insertion of accordion pleats
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Crystal pleats are very fine pleats, like accordion pleats but much smaller.
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An accordion is a small portable musical instrument with a keyboard and bellows. It was invented by Damian in 1829.
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The bandoneon is a square-built button accordion used in Argentinean tango.
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The bayan is a chromatic accordion of Russia and Belorussia, with a button keyboard.
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The cheng is a Chinese musical instrument. It is comprised of a series of tubes with free reeds. Its introduction into Europe led to the development of the accordion and harmonium.
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A concertina is a musical instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, the principle of which is similar to that of the accordion. It is composed of a bellows, with two faces or ends, generally polygonal in shape, on which are placed the various stops or studs, by the action of which air is admitted to the free metallic reeds which produce the sounds. In the English concertina the compass is three octaves and three notes. The German concertina is generally considered an inferior instrument,
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In music a reed is a small piece of cane or wood attached to the mouthpiece of certain instruments, and set in vibration by the breath. In the clarinet it is a single fiat reed; in the oboe and bassoon it is double, forming a compressed tube. The term reed also describes one of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordion, harmonium, or seraphine and are also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ.
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Carjun is Dorset slang for an accordion.
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