Patrick Brown Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Right now on ebay there is a square bastari with 40 buttons. What is it? I did a search on square bastaris and found a reference to a square bastari that was a hayden duet? Is it a hayden? If so, the seller says that the buttons give a different note on the push and draw. Is it just severly out of tune? Can the reeds become so outo tune between the push and draw that they sound like different notes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted October 22, 2003 Share Posted October 22, 2003 Is it a hayden? I very much doubt it - looking at the key layout it looks very much like some kind of chemnitzer beastie, and if it's push-pull, that might help confirm that... not that I know much about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 It's definitely a baby Chemnitzer, the funny button names give it away. It's basically like a double-reeded anglo with weird notes around the edges. Didn't know Bastari ever made one of these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwright Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Going around the room in turn at a certain concertina club meet at the weekend, two of the makers/menders were commenting on accordion reeded concertinas, especially Bastari. The next person whose turn it was to play, put her concertina back in the box. Guess what the poor woman was playing?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted October 28, 2003 Share Posted October 28, 2003 FWIW, the square Bastari Hayden has 66 buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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