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The Alfred Mirek Reference Book

(A scientific and historical explanation to the scheme of the history
and classification of the harmonicas (accordeons))

This page offers a digitised guide to free-reed instruments originally published in Russia by Alfred Mirek in 1992. This guide includes a poster  (right) and a guide in the original russian plus an english translation (see red link above). The image above shows the first page of the PDF with the first 6 of 184 entries. The PDF file is 52mb.


The poster and guide are published with the kind permission of the Director of the Mirek Accordion Museum in Moscow.


TO USE THIS GUIDE


Explore the 'pan and zoom' poster on the right using a mouse or trackpad. You can zoom into to see small details. Each image rhas a number, and that number can be used to find the translation in the reference guide below.

PAN AND ZOOM POSTER

• Zoom into and pan this image with your mouse or trackpad.

• Captions are shown in the original russian. An english translation can be found in the reference guide on the left.

• Toggle between full screen and this layout using the 4th icon at the top of the poster.

• You can also use the escape key to return to this layout.

• Refer to the full size poster at the bottom of the page to help you navigate this zoomable version.

This poster can be zoomed in to see the smallest details by using your mouse or trackpad.

Click and hold button and drag to pan around.

To help you navigate the poster, here is an enlarged version (which cannot be zoomed) to provide an overview.