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Re: Vintage Elka qwertyuiop Accordion kybd

Re: Vintage Elka qwertyuiop Accordion kybd

2004-10-28 by mellotrongirl

That's the hella craziest keyboard I've ever seen. When I first saw 
the thing, I thought you tip it up on its left side and play it like 
a squeezebox button accordion Acadian style. The short power cord 
kind of limits strutting your stuff on stage however! I just can't 
imagine someone seated in front of it with its lovely red painted 
stand and playing it with two hands like a piano...especially 
buttons meant to be played reaching down from the long side like an 
accordion on a neckstrap. 

No wonder Italians have such a pool of great prog keyboard players. 
They first have to master something like this.

Re: [Mellotronists] Re: Vintage Elka qwertyuiop Accordion kybd

2004-10-28 by Mattias

Due to weirdness on my computer I can“t actually see the thing but is it anything like the Farfisa Transichord ( a Farfisa compact in a accordion case with fake squeezebox ( ? ) . There seems to have been a limitless need for accordion players back in the day to cross over to organs without selling out...But..You know how accordion fans are...If you think this list is so-so you should try accordionists@... ...sinister stuff indeed. The weird thing is that they are also talking about the intro of " watcher of the skies..."
// Mattias
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That's the hella craziest keyboard I've ever seen. When I first saw
the thing, I thought you tip it up on its left side and play it like
a squeezebox button accordion Acadian style. The short power cord
kind of limits strutting your stuff on stage however! I just can't
imagine someone seated in front of it with its lovely red painted
stand and playing it with two hands like a piano...especially
buttons meant to be played reaching down from the long side like an
accordion on a neckstrap.

No wonder Italians have such a pool of great prog keyboard players.
They first have to master something like this.




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