Profile of an instrument
The number of tones indicated in each case corresponds to the number of reeds of one chorus.
E.g. 76 tones = 76 reeds of one chorus of the instrument. But they are not all different tones, because
several tones are duplicated.
The selection of instruments on display is primarily intended to show the variety of developments around a bellows with buttons. The human inventive spirit was also restlessly active here, even if the sense of a of a development does not always reveal itself.
Models, which were produced by the tens of thousands, are followed by models that only exist in small series or as a few only in small series or as a few exotic patterns. Fingering charts about of the keys are only included for some instruments due to lack of space. instruments. The book "Das Bandonion" by Karl Oriwohl contains 150 tables (including all the instruments shown here).
Left side of the instruments (bass side)
The directional indications of the explanations always refer to the instrument and not to the display window, unless otherwise stated. 'Outside' (außen) always means towards the edge of the instrument, 'inside' (innen) towards the centre of the instrument.
(oben=top, unten=below)
Right side of the instruments (Melody/Diskant side)
The numbering rows is always from the inside to the outside, the buttons from the top to bottom.
In order to better adapt the photos of manuals to the format of the display window, they are usually rotated. The right manuals like this by 90° counterclockwise.
Nevertheless, explanations of the manual continue to be given from 'above' and 'below', even if in the picture they are left and right.
The left manuals like this are rotated clockwise by 90°
At a low height of the display window, use the F11 key to switch to full-screen mode.
