My New Collection Member-Weltmeister Meteor 96 Basses

Completely New Acc. With 3 reeds in RH & 96 Basses

My First Firotti Acc.In Mint Condition

Firotti Elegance 80 Basses 3 reeds with Piccolo

My First Prof. Chromatic Acc.Restored by Me

Weltmeister Grandina 4 reeds in R.H.(LMMH), 5 reeds in L.H.

Survival of my old account

I am happy to inform my friends that my old account

" nardingallery@yahoo.com " is in my own hands

again.Please feel free to continue sending mail to it.

BREAKING NEWS: Ron Lankford Passes Away - USA(From:Accordion USA)

Ron Lankford the Roland V-accordion manager for the US has passed away today,Thursday 11th March 2010.
My especial condolences and prayers to Ron`s family.

Unique Accordion All Over The World (My New Product)

R.H. reeds : 5 very old Garmon VIETKA reeds.

With Slides On Grill To Convert 3 Of Black Key From Standard Tune To 1/4 (Arabic or

Persian) Tune and Vice Versa

With Very Pleasant Dry Garmon Sound.

I worked On It For About One Year In My Spare Times.

More Photos of My Recent Castelfidardo Trip

Also see my post about trip to Castelfidardo in previous pages.

In Memory Of Art Van Damme (From : Accordions.com)

Art Van Damme (1920-2010), California – USA

Born April 9th 1920 in Norway, Michigan, and brought up in Chicago, Art Van Damme took up the piano accordion in 1929 at the age of nine, and was classically trained before discovering jazz as a teenager – inspired by the recordings of Benny Goodman. In 1941 he joined Ben Bernie's band as an accordionist, then from 1945 to 1960 he worked for NBC, performing on ‘The Dinah Shore Show’, ‘Tonight’, ‘The Dave Garroway Show’, and other radio and TV shows with Garroway.He recorded 130 episodes of the 15-minute ‘The Art Van Damme Show’ for NBC Radio, and from the 1940s onwards also enjoyed a successful and extended recording career. Van Damme toured Europe and was also popular with jazz listeners in Japan, and regularly won the US ‘Downbeat’ magazine reader's poll for his instrument. He also toured in Russia and New Zealand. In 2005, Art Van Damme, Myron Floren and Dick Contino – three all-American accordion legends – were all honoured at the Las Vegas Accordion Convention, and the following year Art was the chief guest at the ‘Accordions International 2006’ festival, held at Caister, UK.Art Van Damme, in his prime years, played so many gigs in clubs, hotels and concert stages across the USA and Europe that it is said that he never needed to do any practice. He was constantly in action, developing and honing his skills and repertoire, pioneering the use of the accordion as a jazz lead instrument. So influential was Art’s playing style that he has influenced most of the western world’s jazz accordionists. One musicologist made the following neat comment: “The hippest cat ever to swing an accordion, Art Van Damme dared go where no man had gone before: jazz accordion”.Art Van Damme died on February 15th 2010. He was 89 years old, and had been ill with pneumonia for several weeks. He had three children and six grandchildren. Although he had retired to Arizona then Scaramento, California, he continued to perform nearly to the age of 90.

My New Collection Members

Accordion Orchestra

New View Of My Shop

My First Melodeon

My First Concertinas

Arrival of New NARDIN Accordions

Brief History Of Accordion ( From Answers.com )

History

Development of the accordion is generally thought to have been inspired by the Chinese Cheng, the first known instrument to use a free vibrating reed to create sound. This instrument was invented approximately 5,000 years ago. It consists of a series of Bamboo pipes, a resonator box, a wind chamber, and a mouthpiece It has a shape that resembles a phoenix and was introduced to European musicians in 1777.
The first accordions were invented in the early nineteenth century. In Germany, Christian Buschmann introduced and patented an instrument called the "Handaeoline" in 1822. It had an expandable bellows, a portable keyboard, and a series of free vibrating reeds inside. Seven years later, Cyrillus Damian refined the instrument by adding four bass keys that produced chords. He was awarded a patent for this instrument, which he called an accordion.
Over the next several decades, various improvements were made to the accordion. One major modification was made in 1850, when the Chromatic accordion was introduced. The early Diatonic accordions produced different notes when the bellows were drawn opened and pressed closed. The chromatic versions produce the same note regardless of the action of the bellows. Steel reeds were incorporated into the instrument in 1857. As several early companies, such as Hohner, Soprani, and Dallape, began manufacturing the instrument in the 1860s, other changes were made. The addition of more bass keys was particularly important. By the early twentieth century, manufacturers had settled on a standard size and shape for the instruments, which eventually led to the modern accordion.
The incorporation of electronics into accordions began around World War II. At first, they were wired to allow a hookup through an electronic organ. Eventually, accordions were connected to electronic boxes of their own, allowing for sound generation, amplification and speakers. A recent development is the inclusion of Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) systems with conventional accordions. Instruments which have MIDI contacts can be connected to any MIDI-compatible device, such as synthesizers, electronic pianos, and sound modules.

A Nice Gift From Mr.Kurt Schmiedel My Dear Friend From Germany

Smoking Repair Man

My Accordion Project Is Going To Be Ready For Painting

- 3 slides on grill are for converting 3 specific keys from standard tune to 1/4 (Arabic/Persian) tune & vice versa.

- Right hand reeds are very old & valuable Vietka Garmon reeds.

- Left hand is 80 Bass 4 reeds.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I wish you all a year ful of health,happiness,success and peace.