The concertina was invented by Carl Friedrich Uhlig in Chemnitz and first published in 1834 as a “new type of accordion”. From this concertina, Saxon instrument makers in Chemnitz, Carlsfeld and Waldheim refined this instrument and were instrumental in the development and construction of the bandoneon. It was named after the music dealer Heinrich Band in Krefeld. Eventually, the bandoneon was exported worldwide through the Alfred Arnold company in Carlsfeld (Saxony/Erzgebirge) and became famous on a global scale.