Episode 11 – Harmonikon – K. Bässler, 1956

Marketed under the Beloton brand, we owe it to the engineer Karl Bässler in Germany. [...]

Episode 10 – Anonymous, c. 1850

Anonymous - Beautifully made instrument, probably of German or Austrian manufacture, consisting of two rows [...]

Episode 09 – Mouth organ – R. Field and A. Hanson, 1902

The Mouth organ - A diatonic harmonica on the front to which two sets of [...]

Episode 08 – Clavietta – P. Seiller and A. Borel, 1958

Contrary to what the name might suggest, the Clavietta is not an Italian but a [...]

Episode 07 – Symphonium – C. Wheatstone, 1827/1829

Around 1829, Charles Wheatstone invented a musical instrument with free metal reeds into which one [...]

Episode 06 – Apollo Lyra – E. L. Schmidt, 1831

The Apollo Lyra was invented in Germany in 1831 by Ernst Leopold Schmidt with the [...]

Episode 05 – Accordina – A. Borel, 1943

André Borel had the idea to marry the keyboard of the button accordion to this [...]

Accordina Black Intense

An exceptional accordina in a deep black finish. Limited edition of 15 numbered instruments on [...]

Episode 04 – Harmonicor – L. J. Jaulin, 1861

Named new oboe, the harmoni-cor of Louis Julien JAULIN (France) was intended to be a [...]

Alexandre Léauthaud plays on Laurent Jarry accordina

Alexandre Léauthaud plays on Laurent Jarry accordina. [...]

Episode 03 – G. Reichstein, c. 1829

The Neu Tschiang ("New Sheng") invented by Gerichtsaktuarius Reichstein, a wind instrument maker from Gnadenfeld, [...]

Episode 02 – P. A. Kayser, 1829

The piano-éolien, an instrument by Philippe-Auguste Kayser, a doctor in Strasbourg (France), patented in June [...]