@UkuleleG3orge @Unsightly3055 @JessicatheVIArtist @counivers @desolationpark
If you lived in the Arc building in #Vancouver you might need to save up for this matching #Pianaccord organ #accordion
@UkuleleG3orge @Unsightly3055 @JessicatheVIArtist @counivers @desolationpark
Searching “Pianaccord” or Bonvicini #Pianaccord there’s at least four for sale online now
They might ask many hundreds of dollars, but accordions aren’t like guitars where they’re like $10,000+ for rare collectable models
(If you have $10,000+ you can get a personally hand-made new European #accordion with more parts than a grand piano that can be written into your will)
@JessicatheVIArtist @counivers @desolationpark
There’s a whole alternate universe where the chord organ with chord buttons on the left are everywhere 🎹
And the Denver based PianAccord reed organ took off in the 1950s and became the standard for all keyboard instruments 🪗
@adtothebone @UkuleleG3orge
I thought I mentioned the #Pianaccord in my #AccordionRevolution history of the #accordion 📚 but I guess not?
I may have only learned about them when I was researching electronic Accordions for a talk after I published
That was fun 🤩 ❤️🔥🪗
Here’s a few of the hits from that including ones from #farfisa (started as an accordion company) and #Hohner (who made millions of #harmonicas 😬 accordions and #keyboards like the #clavinet)
But I really want a #Multimonica!
@adtothebone @UkuleleG3orge
I was wrong!
It was called a #Pianaccord! or a “Console #Accordion”
(The Accorgan was a brand name for one of electronic organ accordions that tried to compete in the sixties+)
Here’s the patent from 1951 where Ernest Bonvicini just called it an “Accordion”
Really? Product differentiation anyone?
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/63/55/c7/fa159ff576c8f9/USD165321.pdf
@adtothebone
I did some #chordOrgan threads on Twitter which might have featured more #Accorgan [edit: #Pianaccord] photos (did I spell it right, with two c’s?) there’s a patent. They were made by this Accordion company in Denver
Came out right as the accordion peaked in the mid 50s, so never had a chance against the rise of amplification
@UkuleleG3orge has one! And says it’s quite short to fit his knees under🦵
@adtothebone
Nice #ChordOrgan! The wood body makes that a pretty high-class number in the species, at least for the little ones like that
They’re so charming 😍🪗
Come in all sorts of wacky varieties
(bonus #Accorgan [edit: #Pianaccord] = #Accordion / #ReedOrgan cross!
AccordionBruce