Help needed identifying this Bastari layout

[blatherskite]

As a long time English concertina player I have never had time nor opportunity to explore any type of anglo concertina up close. Since I do play Irish B/C accordion I figured I would take the opportunity when it arose.

Well, a friend loaned me an old beater Bastari he said was a D/G.

I'm looking at all the fingering charts I can find online, and this is a little odd.
While most of the main buttons match up, there are some extras.

Can someone tell me what this is? 

       Left           Right
in  B E G# E Eb C# | Bb G# E Eb G# C G
out C F Bb D F  G# | G# Bb D F  Bb E A

in  G D  G B D  F  | C  G  B D  G  B
out D F# A C E  G# | D  F# A C  E  F#

in  F# A  D F# A C  | F  D  F# A D F#
out G* C# E G  B Eb | Eb C# E  G B C#

in                G! |      A  C#
out               G! |      E  B

* Yes, that's a G on the out of the near lower left button (seems the Wheatstone layouts say it should be an A)
! and a G on both directions of the near upper left button.


Thanks for any clue,


ed - A clueless English Concertina player  

[Ken_Coles]

Looks like you have a 40-key Ed! Most of the typical core of a Lachenal Layout seems to be there, with an extra button at the top (farthest from floor in playing position) end of each row, at least in the D and G rows. That one G is an odd one. I'm sure others will chime in here, but lesson 1 about anglos is that standardization never quite set in. Welcome to the madness!

 

Ken

[Alan Day]

I thought it was a GD ,but even if I am right I am usually wrong.

Al