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Farfisa Pianorgan 111?
Winston Smith:
I came across this and was so intrigued that I bought it! It's certainly not a melodeon, but it does have free reeds. It seems to be a 34 treble 60 bass piano accordion which doesn't need to be held or squeezed!
Does anyone know much about them? I've had a look on the net, but it only takes me to unsatisfactory places. Thanks for any help.
Rog:
I’ve seen these a few times on eBay. They are basically a piano accordion configured to look like an organ and with an air pump. And of course you have the stradella bass there to actually see, which you aren’t normally able to do. I can only assume it was at one time accordion world trying to attract piano keyboard players. Does yours function ok?
Stotty:
Might be just the job as the basis for an electrically powered tuning table if nothing else?
Winston Smith:
"Does yours function ok?"
Yes, it's pretty good actually. It's two voice, with (I think) three notes where only one reed is sounding and the very highest note doesn't sound at all. Otherwise not bad. I've had it to bits and checked all the reeds for integrity, and free movement. I didn't check the gaps at the tips, and I think that's likely the problem. It's a bit of a bugger as the reeds are on the inside of the blocks. They're single reeds on each plate and the blocks are glued in.
If I recover from my current health problems, I'll get it to bits again and pull the suspect reeds off. We'll see.
Nigel Champion:
Hi. With a tuning table in mind, I've always wondered what the pump/motor setup is on these.
Two or three have been listed on Trade Me (the NZ equivalent to eBay) over the years but they've never been cheap enough to buy one for cannibalising.
Cheers
Nigel
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