Unusual accordion

[goldtopia]

What can anyone tell us about this thing ?. For someone with three hands. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antonio-R..._MusicalInstr_Keyboard_RL&hash=item2a3a8a63d4

 

[Reedwarbler]

Perhaps it's for playing duets :?

 

[Glenn]

It's certainly an unusual object?

 

[dunlustin]

That's a new one on me!

 

[Soulsaver]

Et moi... :? Like to see a pic with the grill off.

 

[barkis]

I've seen this type of layout before. Don't know much about it though. I guess it has many tones in the treble side.

 

[jimgansett]

Here is another strange looking one..... and an interesting tidbit about classroom teachers.....

 

[pentaprism]

Here is another strange looking one...

I think it is a 5-row CBA pretending to be a PA. It was from a time when CBAs were considered European (read un-American). It was difficult for CBA players to get jobs, thus they pretended to play PAs.

I once in a while see accordions of this style on eBay. They are usually less costly than proper CBAs because they are unnecessarily larger and heavier. I think the black keys near the treble registers are just for show; they dont really do anything.

 

[jimgansett]

That would definitely make sense to me. I'm going to ask around at my accordion dealer later in the month when I go there. All this has me rather curious.

 

[JIM D.]

Yes, this is a 5 row CBA with piano looking keys. Most keyboards of this design that were used in the US were 3 row and favored by artists such as Leon Sash --

 

[Glenn]

Two great recordings Jim. Alice Hall certainly has energy in her performance.


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[Soulsaver]

Et moi... :? Like to see a pic with the grill off.

Grill off pic now in his listing.

 

[Russ]

The Antonio Rocca really seems different from the standard older style piano keyboard chromatics. I have seen a lot of those - on this one there are only two rows - two discrete PA keyboards- I cant see five rows or even three rows.