Daniel Hersh Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 See http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marveltone-Con...itemZ7382834607 . Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk van Aalten Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 See http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marveltone-Con...itemZ7382834607 . Daniel Looks like a Chemnitzer to me with an unusual small amount of buttons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Looks to me like a Bandonika. Basically a single row button accordion system in a bandoneon/chemnitzer shape box. If you can play a single row 4 bass accordion (e.g. Hohner 1140 pokerwork) you can play one of these. Melody on the right, note/chord combinations on the left. Anglo concertina players have trouble with them because the air button is on the wrong side! And they don't know what to do with their right thumb! MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Kloba Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 See http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marveltone-Con...itemZ7382834607. Similar instruments are known under the names Bandonika and Buttontina. The internal construction is similar to a bandonion or chemnitzer, but the keyboard is basically a button accordion, including the left hand chord buttons. There are also 2- and 3-row versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted June 3, 2006 Author Share Posted June 3, 2006 Looks like another one of these here. Or is this something else? See http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marveltone-Con...itemZ7382834607. Similar instruments are known under the names Bandonika and Buttontina. The internal construction is similar to a bandonion or chemnitzer, but the keyboard is basically a button accordion, including the left hand chord buttons. There are also 2- and 3-row versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm clapp Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Looks like another one of these here. Or is this something else? See http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Marveltone-Con...itemZ7382834607. Similar instruments are known under the names Bandonika and Buttontina. The internal construction is similar to a bandonion or chemnitzer, but the keyboard is basically a button accordion, including the left hand chord buttons. There are also 2- and 3-row versions. Much the same, only a 3 row version (from memory, the earlier one was only a single row). Not sure about the stability of that air button though.... MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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