Clayton HoveMay 26, 2023

Sing us a song, you’re the honky tonk harpsichord man.

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http://www.adtothebone.com/sing-us-a-song-youre-the-honky-tonk-harpsichord-man/ #cordovox #piano #organ #accordion #music #musician #vintage #history #vintagead #advertising #marketing #branding #brands

Sing us a song, you’re the honky tonk harpsichord man. - Clayton Hove's Ad to the Bone

1974 magazine ad for Cordovox Electronic Pianos “Suspiciously similar to the Selmer-Armon in having sliders for the 3 equally dismal sounds.” The ad copy: “Cordovox, it got me out of pizza parlors.” There’s nothing wrong with honky tonk piano. I played it in the pizza circuit for years. But when it’s all you can play, […]

Clayton Hove's Ad to the Bone
Show threadAccordionBruceMay 24, 2023

@adtothebone @mzdt @UkuleleG3orge they didn’t work on my phone, but definitely a good number of those @internetarchive
backups of the wonderful obsessive #cordovox #accordion 🪗 history work great on desktop ✅

We’ll worth a look to go with your original ad!

Show threadAccordionBruceMay 24, 2023

@adtothebone @mzdt @UkuleleG3orge
Is it a take off of another ad? I’m not familiar with an earlier referent

I haven’t seen an original of this #Cordovox ad or where it appeared. I had it from a fine amateur historian who posted their work online as a pdf which is gone, but the link is at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200927172648/http://caffetrieste.com/Abrief.pdf

Wayback Machine

Show threadAccordionBruceMay 21, 2023
@mzdt @UkuleleG3orge @adtothebone
Needed the actual vintage #leslie speaker that went with the #Cordovox #organ #accordion 😉 🪗