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Chromatic accordion, Paris Tango model
France
Made by
Maugein Frères,
Tulle, Corrèze
Lent by the Musée de Tulle
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The accordion originally used in the bal-musette was
the diatonic accordion, a hybrid instrument played by, among others, émile
Vacher, the originator of musette music. It became the leading instrument of
this new genre. The sound of the diatonic accordion changes as the bellows is
expanded or contracted. Another type of accordion appeared at the same time,
the chromatic accordion, whose sound remains the same as the bellows is
activated. The Maugein chromatic accordion has a right-hand keyboard with
87 mother-of-pearl buttons arranged in five rows. The left-hand bass keyboard
has 120 buttons arranged in six rows.
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