Robotti "Stand Up" Accordion!!!

[m...@rco.rosano]

I thought some of you might be interested in seeing this. It seems
like it would be more of a museum piece than anything, but who knows -
maybe it plays o.k. Has anyone in the group ever played one of these
things?

here's the link (it's for sale on craigslist - I'm not the seller, I
just thought it was quirky enough to bring to peoples' attention.)
http://tucson.craigslist.org/msg/653890426.html

[DoN. Nichols]

I have not -- but I believe that it has a blower in the column,
so the air pressure is not under your control. It will be a single
volume level for a given selection of reed banks and keys. No dynamics.
Kind of like an organ without swell pedals, I think.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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[snavoyosky]

On Apr 27, 8:13 pm, "DoN. Nichols" <dnich...@d-and-d.com> wrote:
> On 2008-04-26, m...@rco.rosano <m...@rco.rosano> wrote:
>
> > I thought some of you might be interested in seeing this.  It seems
> > like it would be more of a museum piece than anything, but who knows -
> > maybe it plays o.k.  Has anyone in the group ever played one of these
> > things?
>
> > here's the link (it's for sale on craigslist - I'm not the seller, I
> > just thought it was quirky enough to bring to peoples' attention.)
> >http://tucson.craigslist.org/msg/653890426.html
>
>         I have not -- but I believe that it has a blower in the column,
> so the air pressure is not under your control.  It will be a single
> volume level for a given selection of reed banks and keys.  No dynamics.
> Kind of like an organ without swell pedals, I think.
>
>         Enjoy,
>                 DoN.
>

Bonvinchi was the first to produce these instruments, designed for the
accordionist, ca.1950.
There were two foot pedals to control volume the individual systems.