G'day Tootler,

"... I do not know exactly what I saw, though it was a Hohner, had what looked like about a 2.5 octave piano keyboard (it was slightly larger than my Pockerwork melodeon) and the bass buttons were about the same size as melodeon bass buttons and arranged in two parallel rows like a melodeon."

I can remember Polly Garland (English-born, now Australian-resident) player of almost anything that produces a tune - having a pretty little old Hohner - in what looked like the classic pokerwork body, but in white paint with delicate flower patterns - with a small "piano key" right hand and 12 bass buttons arranged as the core of a "Stradella Bass" system.

I would presume that it was constructed as a 'children's model' ... as a starting point from which the child would advance to larger, more full piano accordion systems. It could have come from any time between the turn of the 20th century and World War 2.

Occasional Mudcatter "Squeezeme" would probably have worked on the instrument and could correct my passing impression.

Regards,

Bob