Dal 1937 Ottavianelli costruisce fisarmoniche di alta qualita’. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Ottavianelli Accordions, Castelfidardo, Italy. Window.FB.Event.subscribe('xfbml.render', function() (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')) The rise of rock and roll finally caused the decline of accordions in popular music, but the instrument has since been revived, with multiple musicians like Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp using the accordion in their songs. While vaudeville theatres closed during the Great Depression, accordionists performed for and taught via the radio. This instrument made it into popular music in the 19th century, with five players - Pietro Frosini, brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro, Slovenian brothers Vilko Ovsenik and Slavko Avsenik, and Charles Magnante - becoming major influences during this period. What researchers do know is that the accordion spread around the globe because of European immigration into other countries. Some credit Austria as its birthplace, others think it was invented in Berlin. The invention of this humble instrument is a subject of much debate among researchers. But it is commonly just called ‘accordion’ in many countries. Many leading accordion manufacturing companies like Excelsior, Pigini, Victoria, Castagnari, Brosini, Scandalli, and Zero Sette are located in Italy. It goes by many names across the world - ‘Akkerdeon’ in Germany, ‘Fiarmonica’ in Italy, ‘Bayan’ in Russia, ‘Sun-Fin-Chin’ in China, ‘Harmonium’ in Pakistan, and ‘Trekspill’ in Norway. The oldest name for the accordion is derived from the Greek word ‘harmonikos’, which means ‘harmonic’ or ‘musical’.
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The accordion (also called the ‘concertina’) is primarily used to accompany traditional polka music but has been featured in many classical and modern musical works, from jazz and zydeco to folk, gospel, and blues. Carnegie Accordion Company presents a pre-owned, full size, Excelsior piano accordion for sale. 18mm is probably ok, but any less is getting very narrow. 20mm is the standard full sized white key width. This is very hard to pick from a photo, but its always possible to ask the seller. History of National Accordion Awareness Month Most Italian makers have made ladies piano accordions, some with stupidly narrow keys.