Concertina

free-reed musical instrument

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.

Concertina
Classification Keyboard
Playing range
depends on model
Related instruments
Accordion

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.

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