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Ok thanks Busterbill, I'm not interested in renting, but I'll check out some places with trade ins.
I'm familiar with OAIM, and have been considering their lessons already, I'll probably go that route for lessons once I get an instrument

Ok thanks, I think I want a C/G then, is 20 buttons good to start on? And is it easy to transition to 30 buttons? I will be in the states for a couple months now, but I live in Mozambique, so I'll only have a couple months to make a decision (why I'm asking now) I've heard that the wren is the same ...

Oh, I forgot to mention, I'm interested in the style of concertina used in most Irish trad, I think it's called Anglo, it's the one that sounds different going in than out

Ok thanks for the advice, I'll check out concertina.net. Unfortunately doubling my budget is quite impossible for several reasons, but I don't have the option of saving up for longer either. I do understand the value of getting the best you can afford, which is why I asked what the best in price was...

Hey y'all, new member here, I'm a multi instrumentalist and play lots of bluegrass but also lots of Irish and Scottish trad music, and I'm interested in learning concertina. I'm wondering what concertina would y'all recommend that is playable, sounds decent, but also won't break the bank? (My budget...