Concertina
A concertina is a musical instrument that makes sounds using air pushed and pulled through reeds using a bellows. The fingers push buttons at both ends of the instrument.
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The Anglo concertina has the bass notes at the left side and makes other tones pushing than pulling a button.
The English concertina makes the same tone pushing and pulling a button.
The duet concertinas have the bass notes at the left side and make the same tone pushing and pulling a button. The Hayden duet concertina has the same fingering for all scales. It has a shifted 6-plus-6 keyboard layout.
Concertina Media
English Concertina disassembled, showing bellows, reedpan and buttons.
Duet concertina *Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse*
Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000
Concertina (1.1), Acervo do Museu do Colono (Santa Leopoldina)
Duet concertina, English concertina, Anglo concertina
German concertina, mid 19th century
Irish historian Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
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