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The Free-Reed Family: A Brief DescriptionPart Four: Western Instruments
1: The Accordion Family
A: Diatonic Accordion
2-row button accordion by Castagnari
(photo courtesy of Richard Morse)
B: Piano accordion (from the catalog of Bugari Armando)
C: Bayan or chromatic button accordion
(from the catalog of Victoria)
2: The Concertina and Bandoneon Family
A: English Concertina
(photograph from The Wheatstone English Concertina in Victorian England by Allan W. Atlas)
B: Bandoneon (performer: Astor Piazzolla)
3: The Harmonium and Reed Organ Family
Harmonium photo from The American Reed Organ by Robert F. Gellerman)
5: The Mouth Organ Family
Chromatic Harmonica
Hohner Three-Octave Model No. 270
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