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2. Farfisa - Wikipedia

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   Farfisa (Italian: Fabbriche Riunite di Fisarmoniche) is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946.The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professional and VIP ranges, and later, a series of other keyboard instruments.

3. Accordion reed ranks and switches - Wikipedia

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   How many reeds an accordion has is specified by the number of treble ranks and bass ranks. For example, a 4/5 accordion has four reeds on the treble side and five on the bass side. A 3/4 accordion has three reeds on the treble sides and four on the bass side. Reed ranks are classified by either organ 'foot-length' stops or instrument names ...

4. Orihon - Wikipedia

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   Orihon consist of a long strip of paper with writing on one side that is then compacted by folding in zig-zag fashion. The orihon format is considered a step between a scroll and a codex . The style of folding is similar to that of the air bellows of a concertina or accordion , such that every written page faces another written page when the ...

5. Bayan (accordion) - Wikipedia

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   Bayan; Classification: Free-reed aerophone: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 412.132: Playing range; Right-hand manual: The Russian bayan and chromatic button accordions have a much greater right-hand range in scientific pitch notation than accordions with a piano keyboard: five octaves, plus a minor third (written range = E2-G7, actual range = E1-C#8).

6. List of music styles that incorporate the accordion - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of articles describing traditional music styles that incorporate the accordion, alphabetized by assumed region of origin.. Note that immigration has affected many styles: e.g. for the South American styles of traditional music, German and Czech immigrants arrived with accordions (usually button boxes) and the new instruments were incorporated into the local traditional music.

7. Hornbostel–Sachs - Wikipedia

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   412.132 Sets of free reeds – Accordion, harmonica, and reed pipes of the pipe organ. 412.14 Band reed instruments – The air hits the sharp edge of a band under tension. The acoustics of this instrument have so far not been investigated. [3] 412.141 Individual band reeds. 412.142 Sets of band reeds; 412.15 Mixed sets of reeds