BUGARI Gold MIDI Accordion

Dear Accordion Friends,

Thank you for your support throughout the year. Trusting me with the service of your accordion(s) or buying a new or serviced instrument from me allows me to do what I love. I have a passion for accordion music and for restoring as many of these fascinating instruments as I can. Thank you for allowing me to share this passion with you. I consider all of you fellow musicians fist and then customers. With many of you we've become friends over many years of collaboration. I truly appreciate your nice letters and feedback. I am looking forward to continuing my work with you and to meeting more accordionists.

This is a special BUGARI Gold Series accordion, custom built with hand-made PETTINARI reeds, double tone chamber, and beautiful rhinestone decoration.

The LIMEX MIDI and stereo microphones complement the acoustic instrument. This is the Professional 4 model electronics from Limex. There is a very elegant controller mounted on the top side of the grill. Many special functions can be accessed with the Reset switch (located on the upper back side of the bass cover plate, opposite of the air valve button - see pictures below) and the treble keys. Manuals for the MIDI and microphones will be provided in PDF format, ready to download and print.

Here is a summary of the features:

Made in Italy
Gold plated metal parts and rhinestone accents
Excellent specially selected Hand Made PETTINARI Reeds
4 sets of treble reeds - LM1M2M3
Musette tuned - enjoy playing concert sounds as well as Italian, French, and German musette
DOUBLE TONE CHAMBER (CASSOTTO) - Bassoon (L) and Clarinet (M1)
12 treble switches - Bassoon (L), Bandoneon (LM1), Sax (LM2), Accordion 1 (LM1M2), Accordion 2 (LM2M3), Musette (MMM), Polka (M2M3), Violin 1 (M1M2), Violin 2 (M1M3), Clarinet (M1), Sopran (M2), and Close (closes all reeds to allow playing only electronic MIDI sounds). The switches highlighted in blue will give you Italian musette. The Musette and Master switches use all 3 sets of middle octave reeds and give you the full rich French musette. The switches highlighted in Green could be used for German music. The switches in black are concert tuned and will be universally used for any style complementing the musette sounds or exclusively for jazz, classical, or Balkan music.
Palm Master switch (LMMM) - 12 different treble sounds
Full size 19.25" long professional keyboard with pearl key tops
5 sets of bass reeds with low A configuration for deep, resonant, and powerful sound
120 pearl bass buttons, each one is surrounded by felt for very smooth and silent action
7 bass registers including BASS MUTE to play only electronic bass
LIMEX MIDI and microphones - cables, accessories bag, and manuals included
Clean instrument, absolutely no leaks, very efficient reeds
Backpad for bellows protection
New Italian shoulder straps
New Italian case with wheels and internal cover for keyboard protection
28 lb
One year warranty on the acoustic accordion, serviced at the Accordion Gallery in Flemington, NJ

Below is a shared folder with sound samples. I suggest using headphones to fully appreciate the tonal quality of the accordion.

Brief demo of treble and bass switches with sound samples

Playing the accordion for fun (unedited recording in front of my desktop computer)

The accordion has been serviced at the Accordion Gallery. The new owner will enjoy a robust smooth mechanics and impressive tonal richness and character. The MIDI will open a whole new world for orchestration and musical expression. The microphones can be used independent of the MIDI. Call me at 973-219-9259 to schedule your visit to the Accordion Gallery and try this beautiful instrument.