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The Scandalli Accordion
Scandalli is one of the most renowned Italian brands of genuine accordions. The company is specifically well-known for its piano and button accordions that feature amazing designs, with a great quality sound.
As its story suggest, the Scandalli company saw its light when Silvio Scandalli started to produce accordions in 1900 with the help of his family. The small company was created in a few years between 1915 and 1921, out of a small workshop, and it was in 1941 that the company employed more than 700 workers of genuine accordions. The Scandalli accordions became popular in the United States after the end of the Second World War and since then, their factory was among the most famous and prestigious accordion factories in the world. Starting from here, the Scandalli accordion brand then became synonymous with quality as well as a bench mark for other musical instruments.
The first widely acclaimed Scandalli accordion model is the Scandalli Super VI. According to certain resources, this accordion model was created in the early 1950’s. That time, Silvio Scandalli commences an ambitious project by using the company’s finest technicians, and that the Super VI was produced. This model has long been considered as the instrument with unparalleled quality which in a short space of time becomes the dream of all great accordion players. The Scandalli Super VI remained unsurpassed even up to these days, and many accordionists considered it as an instrument born from the passion of an innovative artisan.
The Scandalli Accordions is now a company well-known for its great piano and button accordions. It has merged with Paolo Soprani, the oldest factory accordion in the world, in 1984 under the new ownership. Then, as you may know, another name is added by the merger of SEM in 2003. The Scandalli Accordions now, with the forces of Paolo Soprani and SEM, produces and covers the wide range of accordion family. Their collection ranges from the smallest diatonic to the free bass instruments of today.
The Scandalli accordions brand, due to its enduring popularity, is now an icon for many. Its great reputation was even intensified with the distinguished history of innovation, prestige, and quality that Scandalli has long been maintaining. Just like the other accordion manufacturers, Scandalli firmly holds its own goal, which remains the same as it always was, that is, to provide accordions and other musical instruments of the highest standard and uncompromising quality.
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Accordion Music Memories
It's every kid's dream to play the accordion in a local talent show, right? OK, well, maybe not so much a dream as something that seems like fun at the time, but a memory that will make you cringe in horror years later when you look back at the pictures.
This story is a memory and tip / warning for accordion players everywhere. Actually, it is a valuable tip for anyone playing a musical instrument on stage where a spotlight will be in use during the show.
We started having meetings and rehearsals for the local talent show about a month and a half before the scheduled date of the show. The organization putting on the talent show had to rent the spotlight so they planned to only get it in time for the dress rehearsal, which was the day before the actual show. Therefore, during all the other rehearsals, we only had the regular fluorscent lighting in the room and the general stage lighting.
On the night of the final dress rehearsal, the person in charge of operating the spotlight could not get it to work so we went through the rehearsal without it. I had been practicing my accordion faithfully and played a medley of several songs flawlessly during the rehearsal.
The next day, on the night of the actual talent show, the spotlight was working properly. When it was my turn to perform, the audience applauded as I walked out on to the stage with my accordion strapped to my chest carrying my accordion sheet music. I sat down and placed the sheet music on the stand. The general house lights dimmed and the spotlight came on.
That's when I realized it was time to panic. Stage fright, you think? Not at all, I loved being on the stage with an audience of hundreds. The reason for panic was because the spotlight was so strong that it shone right through the sheet music! I couldn't see any of the notes on the pages.
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