What kind of concertina is this?

[Jody Kruskal]

Seems like an Anglo, but with too many buttons, eh?

 

 

[Shuenhoy]

It should be a standard 40b Concertina with Wheastone layout. The brand is Bastari, produced by Stagi/Concertine Italia.

[Alex West]

Jody, you should know better - an Anglo can never have too many buttons!

 

Alex West

[David Barnert]

Interesting. I’ve never seen one. In addition to the 3 rows of keys we can see initially (6+6+7=19), once the fingers start moving out of the way two more keys appear closer to the hand rest, making 23 keys on the right side. Given the frequent bellows reversals at times, it is certainly an Anglo of some sort, but the occasional extended scale passages without bellows reversal is intriguing.

 

Edited to add: Just noticed on the original Youtube page it is identified as an Anglo in both English and Japanese. Doesn’t say how many keys, though, in either language.

Edited January 7 by David Barnert

[hjcjones]

I agree, it looks like a 40 button Wheatstone system anglo.  Here's an unencumbered view of one.

[Geoffrey Crabb]

New Years Greetings to all.

The attachment may be of interest, it's a bit 'busy' I'm afraid.

 

40 & 41 Button CG Anglo Crabb Typical.doc

 

Geioff

[Don Taylor]

And here is the amazing Sonny Brazil playing a 56-button Wheatstone Anglo:

 

I think that it is filmed in the Hobgoblin store in London where he works.  Also a fine example of "Slow is More" at the end of the Princess Royal.

[Shuenhoy]

Here is the page for this instrument from a Japanese retailer. It seems to have been out of stock for a long time, though. The appearance differs slightly, probably due to it being from a different production period.

https://www.taniguchi-gakki.jp/product/bastari-w-40-ms-ダイアトニック式※ダイアトニックコンサー/

 

It is also the main instrument of the influential Japanese concertina player, Prof. Toru Kato (https://www.youtube.com/@catotoru1963).

Edited January 8 by Shuenhoy