The Bandoneon is the tango instrument. Here’s a video featuring an interview with bandoneon master and composer Astor Piazzola. In this next video, you get a good sense of the instrument, complete with wheezing as air is gulped and expelled. It reminds me of the chemnitzer concertina, known as the polka box. Both are geared for dance music. Here’s one more – elegant and beautiful, isn’t it? The bandoneon, like the chemnitzer concertina, is a german design. Still, we associate it mostly with Argentinian music. The instrument actually was first played in Argentina in 1870. I’ve never seen one in the flesh, just in pictures and videos. It is said to be notoriously tricky to play.