LIDOVOX Model
1500
Excellent Acoustic Accordions with
Amplification and Electronic Effects
SOUND DEMO (headphones
recommended)
This
is a full-size professional accordion. The acoustic instrument has
factory-installed solid-state electronics. If you like the Cordovox
accordions then you will absolutely love this one. Imagine the
versatility of the 4/5 sets of reeds with LMMH configuration and the
added benefit of the Tone Modulator. The keyboard has walnut
foundation and nice smooth key tops. The bass machine is designed for
noise free action and can compete with any top notch accordion ever
made. The accordion can be used as an acoustic instrument, or
amplified accordion, or electronic accordion, or any combination. The
complete setup is included - the accordion, a 3-channel amplifier,
foot switch, and a speaker cabinet.
- Made in Italy, Model 1500
- Excellent Quality Reeds
- Tone Modulator - use the handle
above the treble switches to close it for warmer tone emulating the
effect of a tone chamber or open it for a brighter tone.
- 4 sets of treble reeds
- LM1M2H
("Dry" tuned - no acoustic tremolo sounds)
- 41 keys, 19.25 " keyboard - walnut
keyboard - smooth key top edges
- 14 treble switches - Bassoon
(L), Bandoneon (LM1), Accordion
(LM1M2), Organ (LH), Harmonium (LM1H),
Celest (M1H), Master (LM1M2H),
Musette (M1M2H), Cembal (M2H),
Oboe (M2), Clarinet (M1),
Violin (M1M2), Piccolo (H), and Off (all
treble reeds are blocked, used for electronic sounds only)
- 5
sets of bass reeds
- 120
bass - pearl buttons, each one surrounded by felt for very smooth and
silent action
- 5 bass switches (the first switch
closes all slides for the bass reeds and allows you to play only organ
bass) - the chrome plating is nice and clean
- Deep-fold bellows - huge volume -
clean
- Backpad for bellows protection
- Factory installed amplification
system and electronic effects
- Electronic
Organ sounds, very impressive deep bass, Vibrato Effects
- All
Electronic functions controlled conveniently from the grill
- Original
3-channel
amplifier with reverb plate
- Speaker
cabinet
with 2 large 15" speakers
- Separate Volume controls for treble and
bass microphones
- Separate
Volume and Effects controls for the Electronic Bass, Chords, and
Keyboard side
- A
foot pedal that controls the volume of the keyboard organ sounds.
You can fade the electronic sounds in and out.
- Very good case and straps
- 28 lb - a reasonable weight for a
full size accordion with microphones and electronic sounds
Below
are links to sound samples of the accordion (headphones
recommended):
Lidovox Acoustic Accordion Demo (MP3 file)
Lidovox with amplification and added
electronic sounds
Lidovox Accordion Organ
Sounds only
This is a very versatile instrument. You can play it as a fine
acoustic accordion, as an amplified accordion, as electronic
instrument, or in any combination of these features. The balance is
very good.
Please,
note that I will not ship the amplifier and speaker cabinet. I would
encourage you to visit and pick up the entire set. There is no problem
to ship the accordion in its case.
Call
973-219-9259 with any questions.
The spring contacts
for the keyboard electronic sounds can be accessed by removing the
bellows protector and the back side cover as shown in the picture below.
The electronic sound for each key can be tuned individually (pitch
adjustment) to match the acoustic reeds sound. I cleaned the springs and
tuned the electronics in July 2026.
The main circuit board
in mounted over the treble reed blocks. This keeps the space under the
grill clean from electronic components and doesn't affect the tonal
projection.
(This is a better
design compared to the Cordovox where the electronics under the grill
muffled the tone.)
The potentiometers for
tuning the pitch of the electronic bass sounds are mounted on the bass
sound board (seen in the right side of the picture below).
The complete setup is
shown below. There is only one cable that connects the accordion to the
Volume Petal.
It transmits the
signal from the built-in microphones and the electronic sounds.
The Volume Pedal
connects to the amplifier. Then you can use a 1/4" audio cable(s) to
connect to the speaker cabinet. You can use additional speakers for
stereo effect.
The large speakers
will make your chest vibrate.
