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stevew

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Identification of melodeon
« on: December 01, 2014, 06:29:08 PM »

Hello - good evening

I bought a chinese unbranded melodeon a few year ago on the internet.  It seems to be an unusual design and I am not able to find a tutorial at least until I find its type.  I think I will try to resell it and buy a more common model.  I may ask advice here at that stage.

Anyway this instrument is red and has 22 buttons in three rows on the right side which produce the same note when bellows are going outwards or inwards.  On the left side it has  8 buttons in two rows which again produce the same sound whether pushed or pulled.

I enclose a photo it it

Any help in identification would be really helpful.  Also if it is worth anything second hand.

Thanks
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2014, 06:42:00 PM »

Ah, that's not a melodeon but a Chromatic Button Accordion albeit a very small one. Often abbreviated to CBA.
There are tutors available on the internet.
This video explains more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzoCZQdNcDU
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2014, 06:50:53 PM »

Thanks I will have a look at the video
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2014, 07:58:27 PM »

Hi
I have watched the video on youtube.  It is good.
I am not sure that the instrument follows the pattern of notes that he describes.
A friend who plays worked out the note pattern.  I attach it.
What can I learn about it from this?  Is it consistent with the video?
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2014, 08:18:29 PM »

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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2014, 09:24:01 PM »

It looks like it's a chromatic B system

I agree.
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2014, 09:43:09 AM »

For the benefit of the OP, I'll explain that these Continental chromatic accordions are made with two different fingering layouts:

There's C-system, which tends to be played more in western Europe - for example France, Italy and Sweden.

And B-system which is to be found on the Russian Bayan and Norwegian system accordions. It's more likely to be played in eastern Europe - for example Ukraine and Poland.

Large, high-quality, models can be very expensive, but the one in you're photo is an extremely basic and cheaply made (starter) model of very limited range.

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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2014, 09:54:13 AM »

http://forum.melodeon.net/files/site/Trichord.jpg

B/C/C# layout
No, it's not a trichord B/C/C# as the OP has already said that it plays the same note on the push and the pull.
I agree with the others - it's a small chromatic button accordion with the B-system layout.
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2014, 10:41:51 AM »

… love the way the mods shifted this out of the melodeons section as soon as we'd labelled it ;)
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2014, 03:52:38 PM »

From the size of it, I'd assume that it is a child's learning CBA.
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2014, 05:44:12 PM »

From the size of it, I'd assume that it is a child's learning CBA.
Yes, definitely.
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2014, 06:13:38 PM »

From the size of it, I'd assume that it is a child's learning CBA.

For learning the ABC of CBA?
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2014, 07:38:16 PM »

From the size of it, I'd assume that it is a child's learning CBA.
For learning the ABC of CBA?
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Re: Identification of melodeon
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2014, 11:29:26 PM »

A cheap Chinese-made B-System toy. I'm sure it has one voice, but its small range (I assume G3-E5) and 8 basses make it quite useless for serious learning (unless the child is really small and young). Though Trichorders play with 12 basses, maybe it's not so bad as it looks. Worth fooling around for fun.
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