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Wheatstone Double duet concertina at The Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments(Japan)


Takayuki YAGI

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At first glance I thought it was English system Concertina. But when I saw this video clip (which I did not take) I noticed that the color layout of the buttons was strange.

I did a little research and realized that this instrument is very similar to the one on this page. (But unlike No. 23, rests for little fingers are present.)

http://www.concertina.com/double/wheatstone-double-no-23/index.htm

 

I live far from Hamamatsu, but the instrument is on permanent display and if I can make my next visit I will be able to hear more about it from the curator.

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If this is a four-column chromatic system (4CC) then the left hand makes perfect sense but the right hand seems to have a couple of buttons in the wrong place. For example the red C button should be one row higher, at the top of the column.

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