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A '''Bontempi''' is an electronic three [[octave]] Organ that has a sound similar to that of the [[Stylophone]]. It is cased in plastic and has Twelve [[Chord (music)|Chord]] buttons on the left of the keyboard, and power and volume controls on the right.some Bontempi's were [[Chord organs]] which were blown with a small motor,had only two Octaves and fewer (normally 6) Chord Buttons |
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| name = Bontempi |
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| industry = Musical instruments |
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| foundation = {{start date|1937}} |
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| location_country = [[Potenza Picena]], Italy |
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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.bontempi.com}} |
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[[Image:Orgues électriques Bontempi.jpg|thumb|Bontempi chord organs]] |
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'''Bontempi''' is an Italian musical instrument manufacturer, best known for manufacturing low-priced,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_E5AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=15 September 2013|year=1986|publisher=Music Trades Corporation}} - ''Bontempi, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of electronic keyboards, home organs, and musical toys, entered the U.S. market''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Toy & Hobby World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3dQAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=15 September 2013|year=1977|publisher=Charleson Publishing Company}}</ref> plastic-cased [[chord organ]]s: small keyboard instruments in which the sound is produced by air being forced over reeds by an [[electric fan]]. |
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Such instruments were popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, and continued to be made until the mid-1980s, when Bontempi moved to manufacturing small, home [[electronic keyboard]]s. The company continues to make low-priced musical instruments aimed at the educational and toy market, including [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[guitar]]s, [[drum kit]]s and various items of [[Percussion instrument|tuned percussion]]. |
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[[Category:Electric and electronic keyboard instruments]] |
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Bontempi has been manufacturing musical instruments and toys for over 80 years;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bontempi.com/ |title=Home |website=bontempi.com}}</ref> some of its fan-blown reed organs were built by [[Comus S.p.A.]]<ref name="Gellerman1998">{{cite book|author=Robert F. Gellerman|author-link=Robert F. Gellerman|title=Gellerman's international reed organ atlas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y28XAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=15 September 2013|year=1998|publisher=Vestal Press|isbn=978-1-879511-34-7}}</ref> |
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Some European musicians{{who|date=November 2015}} use the expression "having a Bontempi sound" to describe an electronic instrument that sounds like a young child's toy, as they were children when Bontempi instruments were extremely popular in western Europe. |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Italy|Companies}} |
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* [[List of Italian companies]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Italy]] |
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[[Category:Electronic organ manufacturing companies]] |
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[[Category:Companies based in Marche]] |
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[[Category:Electronics companies of Italy]] |
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[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1937]] |
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[[Category:Italian companies established in 1937]] |
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Revision as of 20:48, 18 September 2024
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| Industry | Musical instruments |
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| Founded | 1937 |
| Headquarters | Potenza Picena, Italy |
| Website | www |
Bontempi is an Italian musical instrument manufacturer, best known for manufacturing low-priced,[1][2] plastic-cased chord organs: small keyboard instruments in which the sound is produced by air being forced over reeds by an electric fan.
Such instruments were popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, and continued to be made until the mid-1980s, when Bontempi moved to manufacturing small, home electronic keyboards. The company continues to make low-priced musical instruments aimed at the educational and toy market, including keyboards, guitars, drum kits and various items of tuned percussion.
Bontempi has been manufacturing musical instruments and toys for over 80 years;[3] some of its fan-blown reed organs were built by Comus S.p.A.[4]
Some European musicians[who?] use the expression "having a Bontempi sound" to describe an electronic instrument that sounds like a young child's toy, as they were children when Bontempi instruments were extremely popular in western Europe.
See also
References
- ^ The Purchaser's Guide to the Music Industries. Music Trades Corporation. 1986. Retrieved 15 September 2013. - Bontempi, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of electronic keyboards, home organs, and musical toys, entered the U.S. market
- ^ Toy & Hobby World. Charleson Publishing Company. 1977. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "Home". bontempi.com.
- ^ Robert F. Gellerman (1998). Gellerman's international reed organ atlas. Vestal Press. ISBN 978-1-879511-34-7. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
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