flat accordion?

[cestjeffici]

Anybody know what this is?

 

[nikola]

Cool find! It appears to be a "Ketron" -- Link to their site.

Looking on YouTube I found this video that has a bit more info on chromatic keyboards in the description

 

[Dingo40]

Anybody know what this is?

It's just the thing for them who've had enough of toting their accordions!

 

[Giovanni]

It's just the thing for them who've had enough of toting their accordions!

Music tech in Italy supply this type of keybed and can be fitted to many makes of keyboard . Musictech MT60.chromatic ....seen it many times in Germany and italy There is one for sale on Ebay look in the midi midi accordion section .

 

[SergeRbt]

Hello Cestjeffici,

I have to thank you, I did not know this french accordeonist !
I like very much her style and her dynamism ....


Bonne journée à tous !

 

[losthobos]

Orla, ketron, musictech and cavagnolo all make versions
I'd buy one if came up in uk

 

[Pipemajor]

Orla, ketron, musictech and cavagnolo all make versions
I'd buy one if came up in uk

Usually quite a few on Leboncoin.

 

[vivdunstan]

I watch a lot of French accordion videos on YouTube and they are often accompanied by someone playing on an instrument like this. Usually adding the chords etc while the performer on stage often just plays the right hand melody. There are numerous examples of videos like this on the Melodirama Accordeon YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@MelodiramaAccordeon).

 

[Pipemajor]

Thanks for the link vivdunstantan. Yet another rabbit hole to explore

 

[tcabot]

They used to have analogue ones too, back in the days.

 

[Ventura]

hey, if you go back far enough, the earth was flat too

 

[tcabot]

hey, if you go back far enough, the earth was flat too

What do you mean by "was"?

 

[Dingo40]

There used to be ,also, a similar kind of thing called the chord organ.
See here:

chord organ - Google Search

 

[Ventura]

yup.. that's what i used to make my tuning table
instead of bellows and a hinge

 

[Alan Sharkis]

There is supposed to be a way to turn my AxE-Cord into a flat keyboard, but I’ll have to check with the dealer about how to do it. I really don’t need it as a flat keyboard now, but who knows what might come up …

 

[Dingo40]

More here:

 

[Chris Laarman]

More here:

Thank you! I enjoyed that video. - I find it funny how history seems to repeat itself in having instruments re-invented. Like the idea of having a reed vibrate, then provide air pressure from other things than lungs (like bellows), then mechanize the compression. And then David Hilowitz sampled the sound: to eliminate the sound of the fan and add some effects. - Another approach is Physical Modeling (could be the same as Roland's Virtual Acoustics): recreating in a computer model the entire flow of the sound. Without samples, or maybe one for the first milliseconds of attack. This is the approach Applied Acoustics Systems uses in their products.

I liked the cameo of the original Melodica (black keys facing left): there must be one in the family, and I have one of these with piano key-layout and a hose for blowing while holding the instrument horizontally. I don't dare to use it in my apartment...
The two-pedal harmonium used to be common in the Netherlands. It was nicknamed "psalmenfiets" ("psalms bicycle"). Dutch comedian Bert Visscher used to use a portable version of that in some shows. (Thomann is among the vendors of shruti boxes, used in music from India.)

 

[Dingo40]

The two-pedal harmonium used to be common in the Netherlands.

My daughter inherited one with her present house from the previous owner and has yet to decide what to do with it.
I notice a popular Boer dance orchestra in South Africa utilise a small, portable one in their orchestra. It does tend to be attention grabbing due to the frenetic motion of the player's legs.

 

[Chris Laarman]

My daughter inherited one with her present house from the previous owner and has yet to decide what to do with it.
I notice a popular Boer dance orchestra in South Africa utilise a small, portable one in their orchestra. It does tend to be attention grabbing due to the frenetic motion of the player's legs.

1) Yes, a non-portable harmonium may stick with a house. Unlike an accordion. - Off-topic: it reminds me of two grand pianos in rented apartments, and a third one in the Dutch parliament, in a member's room.

2) A Boer dance orchestra! I'd never imagined such a thing. I can imagine the player's feet drawing attention!

 

[Giovanni]

More here:

Bontempi bought the Farfisa accordion and electronic organ company in Italy