Welcome to The (Chemnitzer) Concertina Novice. Select your destination from the options below. If you're not sure where to go, try The Chemnitzer FAQ, which will explain what a Chemnitzer Concertina is. Here are a few basics:

A Chemnitzer Concertina:

• ...is one member of the hand-held, bellows-driven, free-reed class of musical instruments (sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes), which also includes accordions.
• ...is a close cousin to the Bandonion.
• ...is approximately square in cross-section.
• ...has buttons that travel parallel to the motion of the bellows.
• ...generally has 38, 39, 51 or 52 buttons, arranged into curving rows.
• ...has a long bellows that usually includes two intermediate frames.

The featured site, squeezebox.wikia.com includes a description of the entire spectrum of hand-held, bellows-driven free-reed instruments, which includes the Chemnitzer.

"To buy a Concertina is a good investment for any young man, to study and play it, is the best employment of his spare time." —Henry Silberhorn, Instructor for the Concertina.