Action
Most diatonic button accordions have a "single-action" (or "bisonoric") keyboard, meaning that each button produces two notes: one when the bellows are pressed or pushed (closed) and another when the bellows are drawn or pulled (opened). In this respect, these instruments operate like a harmonica.
(In contrast, most other types of accordion, for example piano accordions and chromatic button accordions, are “double-action” – or “unisonoric” – because each key produces a single note regardless of bellows direction.)
Other single-action or bisonoric members of the free-reed family include the German concertina, the Anglo-German (or “Anglo”) concertina, the bandonion, and the Chemnitzer concertina (see concertina).
There are varieties of diatonic button accordion that are double-action, such as the garmon.
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