The heligonka or helikónka (in Slovak: heligónka) is a Czech, Slovak and a Polish mountains (Beskid Żywiecki region)[1] diatonic button accordion,[2] similar to the Alpine Steirische Harmonika. Like the latter, the heligonka differs from other types of diatonic button accordions by having a supplemented and amplified bass part.

An example of heligonka

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  1. ^ ""Instrumenty z duszą" – Zagrojciez nom, heligonki!" (in Polish). Kultura ludowa. February 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  2. ^ Puchmertl, Miloš. Škola hry na diatonické harmoniky helikónky. Prague: Trizonia. ISBN 8090011780.