A concertina is a free-reed musical instrument, like the various accordions and the harmonica. It consists of expanding and contracting bellows, with buttons usually on both ends, unlike accordion but
Wheatstone English concertina, produced c. 1920
English concertina disassembled, showing bellows, reedpan and buttons
Chemnitzer concertina made by Star Mfg., Cicero, Illinois, USA in 2000
The Flutina is an early precursor to the diatonic button accordion, having one or two rows of treble buttons, which are configured to have the tonic of the scale, on the "draw" of the bellows. There i