Help, Accordionists! I went to a house goods auction (to bid on a car) but an accordion was one of the items for sale. I didn't have much time to play with it before it came up but I loved the sound of the reeds and I was intrigued enough to bid and I won it (didn't get the car, tho').
Trouble is - I can't figure out how to play it.
It is like a piano accordion (same notes push/pull) and the 120 bass buttons on the left hand work the same as a 120 bass accordion.
The right side has a piano-style keyboard (black/white) with an additional two rows of short white-key stubs extending beyond the piano keys. The notes are all wrong on the piano keys and the extra stub white keys are sharps and flats of whatever note the long white key on the piano part is.
Sticking out of the piano part of the keyboard are two knobs which switch the sound of the reeds (switches/couplers?).
There is no name on the instrument and it seems to be handmade with the frame on each end made of aluminium.
Any ideas on how to play this?