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[jbovlaste] Re: accordion/concertina



> > An English concertina has buttons on both side, and
> the
> > arrangement is unlike a piano. Does it qualify as
> pipno?

Actually both English and German have buttons on both sides. The difference is whether it plays a different note on draw vs. push or plays the same note.

> I'd say yes.  I think what makes something a "pipno"
> is that it has
> various notes/sounds triggered by batke, regardless of
> their shape or
> arrangement.

I'll agree, but at the same time, http://vlasisku.lojban.org/xagri it is actually a reed instrument. Perhaps a lujvo is in order? I wouldn't fault anybody for calling it a xagri or a pipno, but maybe pipnyxagri/pi'orxagri/xagrypipno/xagrypi'o would be more appropriate? I'd say "pipnyxagri" is more appropriate for a concertina whereas "xagrypi'o"/"xagrypipno" is more like a reed organ.