The accordion in ONCE?
The accordion in ONCE?
#1The accordion in ONCE?
Posted: 7/29/15 at 8:19pm
Very random question, I know, but you helped me track down the specific vintage synthesizer used in the SMILE promo recording, so I figured I'd ask.
I remember hearing somewhere that the musical ONCE uses a special make of accordion due to its light size and compact shape making it easy to act and dance around. Does anyone know what kind, brand, size or make this may be? I might have to pick up a stage accordion next year for an original show and I'd like to know what kind or specifications ONCE used, so I can find one with similar properties.
asmith0307
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/14
#2The accordion in ONCE?
Posted: 7/29/15 at 9:19pm
Are you talking about the little tiny one that Anne L. Nathan uses in this video?
#3The accordion in ONCE?
Posted: 7/29/15 at 9:55pm
No, there's a small-sized piano accordion used too. She's playing a buttonbox concertina in the video, but I know at least on tour and during a few numbers on Broadway, it's a small piano accordion, which is more what I'm looking for.
HSky
Leading Actor Joined: 8/9/14
#4The accordion in ONCE?
Posted: 7/29/15 at 10:05pm
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3UTpXsIcAAvb0h.jpg and http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/mf/once_cast_recording_180112/anne-nathan-once-broadway-cast-recording-held_3689563.jpg are good reference shots, and clearly show the Hohner name. I have zero knowledge about accordions but a quick look at their site makes me think it's one of these. I went back and looked at a Broadway Playbill and it's not credited like the guitars and drum kit, for example.
#5The accordion in ONCE?
Posted: 7/30/15 at 9:16am
Yup, confirmed that that's the one. They're a little more expensive than I had expected, but they're apparently top of the line for their weight of ten pounds.
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