Concertina

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This is an example of a 30 button Anglo Concertina, commonly called "The Seaman's Concertina". It has 30 buttons arranged in three rows: one row in the key of C, one in G and one used for chromatic notes. You can achieve a very lively sound by using a different note on the push and pull. This type of concertina is very popular for Sea Shantys, country dance music of Scotland and England, and many favorite Italian tunes.
Lorenzo on the Concertina For the Mac (AIFF) 195K or (SND) 195K For the PC (WAV) 195K
For the Unix (AU) 195K
RealAudio (RA) 20K

(Photo and original sound file courtesy of Jim Hill at website Lark in the Morning - see credits)

You may want to visit the following outside of Virtual Renaissance:

Donald Nichols' Concertina Page
http://204.91.85.9/dnichols/DoN.html
Contains a graphical tour of the parts of a concertine, articles on the history of the concertina, fingering charts, and links to related sites on the web.

References:
Buchner, Dr. Alexander (translated by Iris Urwin). Musical Instruments Through the Ages. Batchworth Press Limited, London, England, 1961.
Hill, Jim. "Lark in the Morning". http://www.larkinam.com/ (20 June 1996)

Hindley, Geoffrey (ed.). The Larousse Encyclopedia of Music. Excalibur Books, New York, 1982.