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{{Short description|Aerophone instrument}}
{{Other uses|Squeezebox (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:German button accordion.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Diatonic button accordion (German make, early 20th century)]]
The term '''squeezebox''' (also '''squeeze box''', '''squeeze-box''') is a colloquial expression referring to any [[musical instrument]] of the general class of hand-held [[bellows]]-driven [[free reed aerophone]]s such as the [[accordion]] and the [[concertina]].  The term is so applied because such instruments are generally in the shape of a [[Cuboid|rectangular prism]] or [[box]], and the bellows is operated by squeezing in and drawing out.

Accordions (including piano accordions and button accordions) typically have right-hand buttons or keys that play single notes (melody) and left hand buttons that play chords and bass notes.

The [[bandoneon]] is a type of concertina particularly popular in South America and Lithuania, frequently featuring in tango ensembles.<ref>Piazzolla, Astor, and Gorin, Natalio. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=EmqWtKSSWv4C&pg=PA34 Astor Piazzolla: A Memoir]''. United Kingdom, Amadeus Press, 2001. 34.</ref>

Concertinas (including the English concertina, Anglo concertina and bandoneon) play single notes (melody) on both left and right hands.

The [[Indian harmonium]] remains an important instrument in many genres of Indian music, stemming from French-made hand-pumped [[harmonium]]s being brought to India by [[missionaries]] in the mid-19th century.

The [[flutina]] is an early precursor to the [[diatonic button accordion]].

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