Gordon Piatanesi - Colombo & Sons Accordions-San Francisco, California Mr. Herein, I opine and make a combination of declarations, observations, and well-educated guesses based on my own personal experience with these instruments, available, corroborating print and Internet factual information and continuing interaction with accordion industry experts such as: Mr. As a matter of foundation for the electronic accordions, also included herein are condensed histories of related acoustic accordion models such as the Scandalli Super VI, the factories that produced them, and the families who owned and founded these important firms, such as Scandalli and Crucianelli. This article s text and its Photo Gallery endeavor to correct some of the rampant inaccuracies and invalid opinions about the Cordovox and other electronic accordions found on the World Wide Web and elsewhere, including some of the statements posted at Google Answers, and errant statements by some Ebay sellers and non-accordion oriented retailers, including musical instrument shops. The acoustic accordion technology (typically 5,000 parts in a full size instrument) spans from roughly 1900 through the age of its electronic counterparts. Second Edition, Versionģ INTRODUCTION AND SOURCES Many technical and musical geniuses poured their hearts and souls in to the design and production of these amazing instruments whose electronic technology originated in the late 1950 s, 60 s and 70 s the Ages of Technology, Space and Jet Travel. All Rights Reserved On the cover: The Cordovox CG-7/Super V accordion the last of the REAL Cordovox accordions. This version of Augis a revised, expanded and enhanced version of the original published in October, Copyright 2013-Fabio G. This is a work in progress that is subject to ongoing revision, expansion and enhancement. Second Edition, VersionĢ The text and dozens of photos contained in this article cover the history of the project and the people behind the World s foremost electronic accordion, the Cordovox, along with the histories of electronic accordions made or marketed by other important accordion and organ companies such as Farfisa, Iorio, Elka, Petosa and others. Giotta *see biographies at end of article. 1 A Brief, Comprehensive History of the Cordovox and Other Electronic Accordions by Fabio G.

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