Electro-Accordions Galore

Warpjam mentioned to me that Gizmodo pointed to the Topaz-1, an old Soviet electronic accordion, pictured below. I love the styling, which is reminiscent of the original Star Trek series’ design aesthetic:

Here in North America, electronic accordions have been marketed by

Iorio (sometimes under the name Elkavox). Here’s a top-of-the-line

model (taken from this selection), currently selling new for about US$6000. Note the touch-pad button control panel!

There are also MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) accordions,

which can be used to control one or more synthesizers, samplers and

even drum machines Here’s the ultra-fancy Excelsior MIDI accordion:

And let’s not forget the premier make of accordion, Hohner, who haven’t forgotten that we’re living the 21st century now.