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Is this a B-grief or C-griffe?

cestjeffici

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I just bought this beautiful accordina from Laurent Jarry in Paris. I have spent the last hour or so trying to determine the button type C or B.

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This is what the buttons play:

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It was a fun visite to Le boite d’accodéons. Laurent played a tune on it and I fell in love with the sound. He builds them himself.
 
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This is C-griff. You place your right hand around the (back of the) accordina and then the keyboard is used just like a C-griff accordion.
It's a smallish accordina with a range of G3 to G6 (37 notes). A "full-size" accordina has a range of F3 to C7 (44 notes).
Enjoy!
 
Here is a sampler of music played on a Laurent Jarry accordina.





And here is a video that shows the technique of the performer.

 
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