Why Are Concertinas Hexagonal?

[Leah Velleman]

Of course, "Most interesting phenomena have multiple causes" (N.P. Collingwood). I imagine the hexagon won out because history, tradition, acoustics, layout, visual aesthetics, airflow, and ergonomics all supported it, either as the top candidate or as a close second or third in each category.

[Leah Velleman]

3 minutes ago, Wolf Molkentin said:

indeed, as mentioned above, for me it’s 1/6 and not 1/4 or 1/8

Right, sorry I missed that -- and nice to have confirmation I'm not totally talking out of my ass

[Wolf Molkentin]

1 hour ago, Leah Velleman said:

Right, sorry I missed that -- and nice to have confirmation I'm not totally talking out of my ass

but I doubt that people like us have been common enough for makers to consider 😊

[Moll Peatly]

I see that Barleycorn are currently listing a circular concertina. Apparently it plays fairly well with a "rounded tone". Naturally.

[Wolf Molkentin]

3 minutes ago, Moll Peatly said:

I see that Barleycorn are currently listing a circular concertina. Apparently it plays fairly well with a "rounded tone". Naturally.

„…the design is flawed in a number of ways“ 😏

[Moll Peatly]

22 hours ago, Moll Peatly said:

I see that Barleycorn are currently listing a circular concertina. Apparently it plays fairly well with a "rounded tone". Naturally.

I've just realised this is the instrument mentioned by mike byrne on page 1 of this thread. For some reason, when I first read the thread, his picture didn't show up. Apologies.