It seems that he had his accordion specially made by Hohner so that he could play all sorts of music. The left side is a standard stradella base setting but the right side with the three rows are diatonic tuned from outside in – B, C, C# This is something of the tunings that I was looking for in the two row Erica. So, on the outside row on the third button down you press the button and push and you get B. Pull on the same button and you get C#. But C# is also what you get on the third button down on the inside row when you push. This is one of the “change” keys. Also, F natural is a pull button on the C row but a push button on the C# row, another change key. There are many change keys, depending on what you are playing.
Brandon McPhee explains the “Button Accordion” B/C/C# Hohner Shand Morino (Scotland)
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