Url
	https://omeka-s.grinnell.edu/s/MusicalInstruments/item/2384
Resource class
	wmi:MusicalInstrument
Title
	accordion
Subject
	412.132-8
Publisher
	Castelli 
Contributor
	Roger Vetter
Type
	cosmopolitan (Euro-American)
Format
	18 in. length of reed casings and bellows
8.5 in. width of reed casings and bellows
19.6 in. length of keyboard
Identifier
	3010
Source
	Western Europe
Language
	EN
Alternative Title
	accordéon
	Akkordeon
	Klavier-Harmonika
	fisarmonica
	squeezebox
Medium
	reed - metal
	wood
	metal
	cardboard
Requires
	1
Is Part Of
	Grinnell College Music Instrument Collection
Spatial Coverage
	Europe
Bibliographic Citation
	Romani, G., and Ivor Beynon. 1984. “Accordion,” NGDMI v.1: 6-8.
Provenance
	Grinnell College Music Department
Air cavity design for aerophones
	no standing wave cavity
Source and direction of airstream
	bellows outflow and inflow creates airstream through instrument; bidirectional
Energy transducer that activates sound for aerophones
	encased free reed mounted on block
Means of modifying shape and dimensions of standing wave in air cavity for aerophones
	none
Overblowing utilization in aerophones
	not used
Pitch production in aerophones
	multiple pitches - multiple single-pitch free reeds activated indirectly with pitch selection facilitated by a keyboard
Category of Instrument
	aerophone

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