Definition of Concertina. Meaning of Concertina. Synonyms of Concertina

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Definition of Concertina

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 Concertina from wikipedia

- A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons...
- Concertina wire or Dannert wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction...
- 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...
- The English concertina is a member of the concertina family of free-reed musical instruments. Invented in England in 1829, it was the first instrument...
- The Carlsfelder concertina (German: Carlsfelder konzertina) is a member of the German concertina family developed by Carl F. Zimmerman, based on the earlier...
- Chemnitzer concertina is a musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free-reed category, sometimes called squeezeboxes. The Chemnitzer concertina is...
- concertina is a member of the concertina family of free-reed instruments. The Anglo originated as a hybrid between the English and German concertinas...
- of PowerPoint, and an expert and author on the history of the English concertina. Gaskins was educated in Computer Science at University of California...
- family. Other instruments in this family include the concertina, harmonica, and bandoneon. The concertina and bandoneon do not have the melody–accompaniment...
- concertina particularly po****r in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina...