Topsy Turvy Maccann Playing

[Stephen Chambers]

If you were to flip the picture horizontally the two rows would still be staggered the wrong way compared to my Hohner Erica.

Chris,

 

And you have even more of an eye for detail !

 

It looks like the accordion is almost certainly an early 1960's Paolo Soprani, in which case what you have spotted must indeed be "artistic license", though I did once have a late 1920's Paolo, with about 25 buttons, that did have the inside row longer than the outside. More recently I have seen some C#/D accordions made that way (makes sense !).

 

The artist told me he had inadvertently reversed the photographic image he was working from.

But the "S" in the sign in the window behind him is not backwards...

Or maybe that's a "2."

There are some straight lines in the character - it could be a reversed 'Z'

You could always try the "Ask seller a question" function on eBay, but you had better hurry, there are less than 11 hours to go !

[Brian Humphrey]

It's interesting to hear that Maccanns and Haydens can be played upside down. It works with Crane duets, too. I've picked up my Crane the wrong way a few times and surprised myself with music in the "wrong" octaves.