Stuart

Thanks to one and all, really helpful pointers, will persevere keeping the left B/A layout and investigate swapping the right hand reeds round. Indebted.

Thanks for your swift replies! Just found out there's some other possible discrepancies, seems I may have inherited some kind of Jeffries-Wheatstone hybrid system? Any comments on the layout below would be most welcome. (The "Jeffries" B/A on the Left G row has come in quite handy for one particular air so far.) PUSH/PULL LEFT RIGHT E/F A/Bb C#/D# A/G G#/A# /\ D#/C# A/G G#/Bb C#/D# F/A C/G G/B C/D E/F G/A /\ C/B E/D G/F C/A E/B B/A D/F# G/A B/C D/E /\ G/F# B/A D/C G/E B/F# Thanks again, Stuart

Hi, I'm totally new to this forum and playing concertinas in general and respectfully needing some advice if possible. I received a 30 key Stagi Anglo C/G for xmas and have been trying to figure out the key layout. It seems to be mostly in the Wheatstone as per this diagram http://www.concertina.info/tina.faq/images/finger3.htm but the C#/D# on the on the 1st top right hand row are swapped round ie D# when pushing, C# when pulling. Can anyone tell me if this is a fault or just the way Stagi lay their keys out, there doesn't seem to be any info on their Italian site? Thanks in advance for your time, Stuart