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Definition of Concertinas

Concertina
Concertina Con`cer*ti"na, n. [From It. concerto a concert.] A small musical instrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

Meaning of Concertinas from wikipedia

- duet concertina, in 1844. German concertinas, developed in Germany for its local market and diaspora, are usually larger than English concertinas, and...
- soldiers would deploy barbed wire in so-called concertinas that were relatively loose. Barbed wire concertinas could be prepared in the trenches and then...
- to concertinas of this type built in England, but as German manufacturers adopted some of these techniques, the term came to apply to all concertinas that...
- and tenor-treble concertinas usually span 3 1/2 or 4 octaves. Baritones are similar, but transpose down one octave. B**** concertinas transpose two octaves...
- distantly, to the other types of concertinas and accordions. It's essentially a bigger version of the Anglo Concertina that sounds more akin to an Accordion...
- The Duet concertina is a family of concertinas, distinguished by being unisonoric (producing the same note on the push and pull of the bellows, unlike...
- "Concertina" is a song written and performed by American singer/songwriter Tori Amos, released as the fourth and last single from her 1999 album To Venus...
- Concertina movement is the method by which a snake or other organism anchors itself with sections of itself and pulls or pushes with other sections to...
- in New York. Zimmerman expanded on Uhlig's early 1- and 2-row square concertinas, developing a 3-row chromatic bisonoric instrument, eventually selling...
- bandoneon is a type of concertina particularly po****r in South America and Lithuania, frequently featuring in tango ensembles. Concertinas (including the English...