English or German, Ric?...

[Al Leonard]

...or maybe Anglo?

[Ric Gillespie]

I forget. I think German. Push notes and pull notes are different. As I recall, Anglo is same note, push or pull.  This one was made in Italy.

[Al Leonard]

I forget. I think German. Push notes and pull notes are different. As I recall, Anglo is same note, push or pull.  This one was made in Italy.

I tried to learn how to play one for about a week, but I had to stop--I was scaring the neighbors...

[Ric Gillespie]

If you can play a harmonica you can play a concertina. The "blow" notes on a harmonica are the "push" notes on a concertina. The "suck" notes are the "pull" notes.

[Bill de Creeft]

So it's "blow suck blow suck suck suck blow" ?....or opposite?

[Ric Gillespie]

So it's "blow suck blow suck suck suck blow" ?....or opposite?

I knew that was coming.

[Bill de Creeft]

Yr. Svt. !

Quiet day above 59 N .....

[Ric Gillespie]

No foul intended to Ric on his sea-going concertina of course, but I believe it was Willie Nelson who once remarked that in music a "perfect pitch was an accordian landing on top of a banjo... in the trash".  :o

To each his own.