a nice cdv with a young man holding a somewhat strange instrument - some kind of accordion horn. i believe from web surfing, that this is a hohnerette, but i'd be happy to hear from anyone out there who knows (i'd also be interested in anyone who might have one of these they want to part with!).
"Once a common feature of such things as the Sears Roebuck catalog, the blow accordion (sometimes also called mouth accordion or flute harmonica) is essentially an accordion without bellows. The most common form has ten buttons or keys, plus a pair of bass and chord buttons, just like the common diatonic accordion or melodeon, although the blow accordion usually only has a single set of reeds with just one reed per note. They have been made in a variety of forms, from the box-like Hohnerette, to cylindrical models such as Hohner's Organette and the Fluta by Christian Weiss. The Hohner Sax was a blow accordion made in the shape of a saxophone, perhaps inspired by the goofus."
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