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Too late Zorro, this is GDI territory. (Thanks Geoffrey, I appreciate these too.)

The 12 fold bellows seems unusually large. I'm wondering if that's another clue, maybe the "left" side is really for a foot?

I love the fretwork. Are those all local animals?

Is there a video of someone playing a concertina with these novelty buttons? Or would someone who owns one be willing to record it? I've never heard one and am curious.

I started playing concertina just this year. In general, I'm learning for my one year old son, because we want to raise him in a musical household. My husband has played violin (and several other instruments) since childhood, and until the end of my schooling days I played piano and organ. I wanted to get back into playing music, but with something more portable and compatible with the violin. I'd tried electronic keyboard a few times, but while it was fun, it never stuck. I think I wanted something analog because most of the rest of my life is in the digital world. I'm not sure how I came across the concertina, but I knew that's what I was looking for as soon as I saw it. I'm in the same camp as Matthew and Sarah - prior to finding players on YouTube I think my only exposure was incidentially in movies, but I have heard a lot of accordion music, mostly folk and pop. So far I play American folk, children's songs, parts of the beginner Suzuki repertoire, and a smattering of traditional European music.

Thanks for sharing that, I really liked it.

Thanks from me too Dowright. I'm the happy owner of 3032, and it's nice to get this extra tidbit of information on it.

I ran across this on ebay, maybe it could give you some ideas: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Reed-organ-or-harmonium-tuning-chest-device-catalog-mustel-schiedmayer-vocalion-/161325133900?