Gerd Mayer
2005-04-03 17:55:05 UTC
Hi,
The Accordion was invented in 1822 by Friedrich Buschman, in Berlin. The first modern button accordion was a 10 button invented 1829 by Cyrillus Damian , in Vienna. January 14, 1854, Anthony Faas patented an accordion. Later came Hohner and Soprani around 1863, for Paolo Soprani.........! etc...
Surely there was an accordionist on the vessel.
Gerd
Ann McChesney-Young <***@pacbell.net> wrote:
My husband posted this on the IRTRAD list, and I thought it might be
of interest to some here.
something my father would enjoy for his birthday in a couple of
months.
For those interested, that review of _The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of
Discovery to the Coral Sea_ by Jordan Goodman is on-line at:
http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3764291
To the point of your query, 1836 is certainly early, but
post-invention. See e.g.:
http://www.accordions.com/index/his/his_acc_his.shtml
Cyrillus Damian, a Viennese instrument maker, has often been credited
with the creation of the first true accordion. He was, in fact, the
first to patent an instrument of that name, having received royal
patronage for his invention in 1829. Damian's design featured two to
four bass keys that produced chords within a range of an octave. But
the first true accordion made its appearance in 1822, when a German
instrument maker named Christian Friedrich Buschmann (1775-1832) put
some expanding bellows onto a small portable keyboard, with free
vibrating reeds inside the instrument itself. He dubbed it the
hand-aeoline, and helped spread its fame in 1828 by leaving Berlin
and touring with it.
There were actually many varieties of the free-vibrating reed
instrument developed during the early 1800s. Some of them are still
quite well known today. Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) was
awarded the British Patent No. 5803 for his concertina in 1829...
(end quote)
Grove Music Online (essentially the electronic version of the _New
Grove_ with a few other Grove publications) also has a useful section
on the instrument's early history:
Although the principle of the Free reed has been known since
pre-historic times, and in China has been applied to the Sheng since
the second millennium bce, it was not until the late 18th century
that Europeans were experimenting intensively with the principle for
use on organs. The first true reed organs were invented at the
beginning of the next century ... In 1821 Christian Friedrich Ludwig
Buschmann (1805-64) made his mouthblown 'Aura', effectively the first
harmonica, designed primarily as a tuning tool. The 15 reeds were cut
from a single piece of metal and fastened onto a piece of wood with
chambers and blowholes for use by the mouth. The following year he
applied leather bellows, and closure pallets with a rudimentary
keying device over the individual reed-chambers, and patented the
instrument as the 'Handaeoline'. This instrument was developed
further by the Austrian Cyril Demian (1772-1847) whose patent of 1829
under the name of 'Accordion' added accompanying chords. In the
'complete accordion', built by Demian and his sons Guido and Karl in
1834, a second treble row of chromatic 'helper' notes was added, and
the left-hand section included a chromatic row. By 1830 Demian-type
instruments were being copied in Belgium by Charles Buffet and in
Paris by J.-B.-N. Fourneux and M. Busson ... These diatonic
instruments were made in various keys with brass reed work, having
ten to 12 treble keys and two bass buttons and casework made in
rosewood with inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Another Austrian,
Matthaeus Bauer, is credited with the invention in 1838 of a reed
block with individual reed-chambers, open at one end but closed off
by pallets at the key-rod end...
(end quote)
John, hoping the accordionist's name wasn't Jonah
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The Accordion was invented in 1822 by Friedrich Buschman, in Berlin. The first modern button accordion was a 10 button invented 1829 by Cyrillus Damian , in Vienna. January 14, 1854, Anthony Faas patented an accordion. Later came Hohner and Soprani around 1863, for Paolo Soprani.........! etc...
Surely there was an accordionist on the vessel.
Gerd
Ann McChesney-Young <***@pacbell.net> wrote:
My husband posted this on the IRTRAD list, and I thought it might be
of interest to some here.
"The Economist" had a book review recently that involved the
exploration of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. In addition
to the usual navigating crew and science specialists, the vessel
assigned to the task also shipped a piano player, a fiddler, and an
accordion player.
The date of all this was 1836, which led me to wonder about the
accordion player, as for some reason I thought that particular
instrument was a later development. Any comments?
First off, thank you for the lead on the book! It sounds likeexploration of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia. In addition
to the usual navigating crew and science specialists, the vessel
assigned to the task also shipped a piano player, a fiddler, and an
accordion player.
The date of all this was 1836, which led me to wonder about the
accordion player, as for some reason I thought that particular
instrument was a later development. Any comments?
something my father would enjoy for his birthday in a couple of
months.
For those interested, that review of _The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of
Discovery to the Coral Sea_ by Jordan Goodman is on-line at:
http://www.economist.com/books/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3764291
To the point of your query, 1836 is certainly early, but
post-invention. See e.g.:
http://www.accordions.com/index/his/his_acc_his.shtml
Cyrillus Damian, a Viennese instrument maker, has often been credited
with the creation of the first true accordion. He was, in fact, the
first to patent an instrument of that name, having received royal
patronage for his invention in 1829. Damian's design featured two to
four bass keys that produced chords within a range of an octave. But
the first true accordion made its appearance in 1822, when a German
instrument maker named Christian Friedrich Buschmann (1775-1832) put
some expanding bellows onto a small portable keyboard, with free
vibrating reeds inside the instrument itself. He dubbed it the
hand-aeoline, and helped spread its fame in 1828 by leaving Berlin
and touring with it.
There were actually many varieties of the free-vibrating reed
instrument developed during the early 1800s. Some of them are still
quite well known today. Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) was
awarded the British Patent No. 5803 for his concertina in 1829...
(end quote)
Grove Music Online (essentially the electronic version of the _New
Grove_ with a few other Grove publications) also has a useful section
on the instrument's early history:
Although the principle of the Free reed has been known since
pre-historic times, and in China has been applied to the Sheng since
the second millennium bce, it was not until the late 18th century
that Europeans were experimenting intensively with the principle for
use on organs. The first true reed organs were invented at the
beginning of the next century ... In 1821 Christian Friedrich Ludwig
Buschmann (1805-64) made his mouthblown 'Aura', effectively the first
harmonica, designed primarily as a tuning tool. The 15 reeds were cut
from a single piece of metal and fastened onto a piece of wood with
chambers and blowholes for use by the mouth. The following year he
applied leather bellows, and closure pallets with a rudimentary
keying device over the individual reed-chambers, and patented the
instrument as the 'Handaeoline'. This instrument was developed
further by the Austrian Cyril Demian (1772-1847) whose patent of 1829
under the name of 'Accordion' added accompanying chords. In the
'complete accordion', built by Demian and his sons Guido and Karl in
1834, a second treble row of chromatic 'helper' notes was added, and
the left-hand section included a chromatic row. By 1830 Demian-type
instruments were being copied in Belgium by Charles Buffet and in
Paris by J.-B.-N. Fourneux and M. Busson ... These diatonic
instruments were made in various keys with brass reed work, having
ten to 12 treble keys and two bass buttons and casework made in
rosewood with inlays of ivory and mother-of-pearl. Another Austrian,
Matthaeus Bauer, is credited with the invention in 1838 of a reed
block with individual reed-chambers, open at one end but closed off
by pallets at the key-rod end...
(end quote)
John, hoping the accordionist's name wasn't Jonah
--
*** John McChesney-Young ** panis~at~pacbell.net ** Berkeley,
California, U.S.A. ***
--
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