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Accordions
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The
piano keyboard was first put on an accordion by Bouton of Paris
in 1852. From that time until the early 1900's the piano accordion
was not given much attention or development, but from 1910 onwards
the piano accordion came into prominence almost worldwide.
With the development of the Stradella bass system (a standardisation
of the bass button layout) the piano accordion became the first
truly standardised universal accordion. This means that a piano
accordionist can play any type or make of piano accordion without
a change in system. This had not been possible before as there
were so many different button accordions with different systems.
Piano accordions usually range from 12 bass, 20 key up to 160
bass, 45 key, but there are smaller and larger designs also.
Multiple Reed
Banks combined with
switches give the piano accordion a huge range of notes
and sounds.
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Reed
Specifications can be : |
2,
3, 4, 5 or 6 treble reeds |
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4,
5, 6, 7 or 8 bass reeds |
Piano
accordions are essentially the same as a chromatic accordion,
except for a different shape to the keyboard notes and piano
keyboard layout. Because of its universal note system the production
of piano accordions has far exceeded that of any kind of button
accordion from the 1920's until today.
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