Siwa & Figli Black Star Reedless MIDI Accordion

This is a custom built Siwa & Figli reedless accordion. By design it is crafted to look and feel like the professional acoustic model with real wooden keyboard and the same aesthetic appeal. This beautiful full-size instrument weighs 17 lb and features state of the art MIDI system with internal sound card. In addition, you can connect an external (optional) MIDI module (Solton, Ketron, Orla, Roland,MIDI keyboards, computers etc.). This way you can combine sounds from the internal sound cards and the external modules. The accordion can be played with headphones. Last but not least, this instrument can be played wireless. The wireless transmitter is built inside the accordion and is powered by Li-Ion battery (similar to your phone) with long life. The receiver is mounted inside the power supply. This way there are no additional belt packs or wires to think of. Below is a summary of the features:

Classic and elegant body design
"Black Star" edition with black pearl keys (C, D, E...) and bass buttons and plain black chromatic keys (C#, D#, F# ...)
41 keys, 19.25" professional keyboard keyboard with wooden foundation and excellent action - natural feel of a high quality accordion
11 treble switches and a Palm Master - fully programmable - each switch has two memory banks accessed by pressing the switch once or twice.
120 black pearl bass buttons
7 programmable bass switches configured with accordion and orchestral sounds for bass (3 switches) and chords (4 switches)
Friendly grill controller - select accordion sounds (Treble A - the treble switches), orchestra sounds (Treble B - 12 buttons above the treble switches), bass and chords sounds, enable or disable bellows dynamics for each section, control the volume for each section
Artfully designed grill MIDI controller to retain the visual appeal of the acoustic accordion grill - select accordion sounds (Treble A - the treble switches), orchestra sounds (Treble B - 12 buttons above the treble switches), bass and chords sounds, enable or disable bellows dynamics for each section, control the volume for each MIDI sections (treble, bass, chords)
Bellows protector
The best Italian shoulder straps and bass strap you can find
17 lb with the wireless transmitter
Gig bag or Hard-shell case

Internal sounds card - more than 700 accordion and orchestral sounds
Two treble sections: Treble A and Treble B
Separate Bass and Chords sections accessed by the bass switches - 3 switches for the Bass section and 4 for the chord section
Each treble or bass switch stores two sound that can be recalled by pressing the corresponding switch one time of twice (double-click). This way you can program and recall in real time 22 keyboard sounds in Treble A section, 22 treble sounds in Treble B section, 6 bass sounds and 8 chord sounds. You can add percussion effects to the bass and chord sections.
Volume control for Treble, Bass, and Chord sections by Volume sliders
Two MIDI OUT ports (one is internally connected to the built-in sound card) and MIDI Out 2 used for external MIDI module.
Stereo Audio Out (1/4" TRS) jack (cable provided)
Headphones audio Out
24 preset registrations (memorized sets of all parameters like keyboard, bass, and chords sounds with their volume levels, octave setting, bellows dynamics settings ect.) recalled right from the grill controller. You can switch between registrations mode and individual sections presets using the REGISTRATIONS button on the lower side of the grill. The accordion comes already programmed for most popular music styles. The musician can easily change the presets.
Bellows dynamics: Off or On independent for each section (Treble A, Treble B, Bass,and Chords), works also with the external MIDI module
Transpose: +/- 24 semitones
Electromagnetic sensors - state of the art technology, reliable and doesn't affect the keyboard and bass machine action
Wireless operation up to 300 feet - there is no need for additional belt pack transmitter or receivers. The wireless transmitter is built inside the accordion and is powered by a rechargeable Li-ion battery. The receiver is inside the Siwa & Figli MIDI module that also hosts the sound library and serves as power supply (see pictures below). You simply replace the MIDI date cable with two connectors, one to the accordion MIDI output and the other one to the Siwa & Filgi MIDI module. See the comments in the pictures area for details.

The accordion comes with all necessary cables and accessories. A manual is included in PDF format.

The accordion is already programmed for most of the music styles. We can accommodate your preferences to prograam specific accordion or orchestral sounds (in case they are not already stored in the grill controller).

Call 973-219-9259 with any questions or to schedule a visit.

The photograph below shows the accordion connected to the power supply with the MIDI Data Cable.

The next two photographs demonstrate the wireless function of the instrument with the two small connectors attached to the accordion and to the power supply instead of the MIDI Data cable.