Concertina
A family of
free aerophones
similar to an
accordion
. Invented in 1844 by Sir Charles Wheatstone, the
concertina
was created with
buttons
on both ends of the
bellows
rather than the
keyboard
of the
accordion
.
See also
accordion
.
Concertina
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