# Identify this instrument

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960 "2008-01-02T02:42:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960/1 "2008-01-02T02:42:07Z")

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What is the instrument being played in [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-JgJRtXP1g&feature=related) Youtube video in the first few measures after the acoustic guitar intro? (I promise I was watching this video for pure rubbernecking purposes :o) It has a sort of reedy harmonica or organ sound but I don’t think it’s either of those. For some reason I associate it with middle-of-the-road late-90s pop-rock because I believe Barenaked Ladies and Sarah MacLachlan have both used it.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960/2 "2008-01-02T02:48:23Z")

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The Wife says it is some kind of zydeco squeezebox, but will not give me any further details. I suppose we need to google…

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**Author:** ![percussion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@percussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percussion)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960/3 "2008-01-02T03:26:17Z")

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I would straight up say accordion or concertina. But i don’t know for sure

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**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960/4 "2008-01-02T03:35:09Z")

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You can see it at about 1:30. Accordion.

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**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-instrument/431960/5 "2008-01-02T06:53:04Z")

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Quite a few views of it starting around the 2:05 mark