IndianaGeo

thanks you guys. I'll check out those suggestions. Cheers, Geo

Are you sure it was a concertina he had and not a button accordion? Do you have any pictures? The music you describe is not usually played on concertina I think. oh geeze.. upon further discussion with my father, he is in fact looking for a button accordian. Although he did play the concertina as well years ago, I think he's looking for a decent 3 row button according. Not sure if this is the right forum for this. Apologies.

Hi, My father's concertina wore out after the many years he'd had it. I have no idea what kind it was but it wound up donated to an antique store. So now he's got a bit of the bug again to play one so I'm wondering what brand or make is out there that is budget based but not a cheap toy piece of garbage. He mentioned he likes a "Mexican sound" although I'm not sure what this means with respect to makes or models. My own completely ignorant perspective tells me that one will sound much like another, but I expect that's probably not true. Any suggestions? I'd be looking to spend somewhere between $200 and $1,000 I think. Thanks very much.