![]() ![]() ![]() Pianaccord (electrified piano accordion) by Diego Gobbi, Piacenza, Italy, for Ernest Bonvicini (1910-1976), Denver, Colorado, the third generation player and owner of Bonvicini Accordions, 3746 Fillmore Street, Denver. About halfway down the list is this item: There is a volume adjustment on the pedestal also.”įurther sleuthing led me to a list of recent acquisitions at the University of South Dakota’s National Music Museum. The base/pedestal has a fan in it and you hold the foot pedal down to create an air flow. “There is an old classified ad taped on it that says only 3 of these were ever made and they called it a chord organ, although it is not like any chord organ I’ve ever seen. That one was in better condition and included some interesting notes in the description: Bonvicini” and according to the seller’s description, it was acquired at an estate sale in rural Colorado.Īt first, I assumed this was a one-of-a-kind item, but then I found another one that went up for sale on eBay last month. It looks like you can play while sitting or standing behind it and, instead of a bellows, you use a foot pedal to activate the fan inside and drive air through it. Now here’s something you don’t see everyday: it’s a stand-up accordion/organ built sometime in the 1940s/1950s. ![]()
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