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foundation = 1937
location = Italy|
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industry = [[Musical instrument]]s|



}}[[Image:Orgues électriques Bontempi.jpg|thumb|Bontempi chord organs]]
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[[Image:Orgues électriques Bontempi.jpg|thumb|Bontempi chord organs]]


'''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=http://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=http://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]].
'''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=http://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=http://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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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies}}
{{Portal|Italy|Companies}}
* [[List of Italian companies|List of Italian Companies]]
* [[List of Italian companies]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 03:36, 6 September 2014


Bontempi
IndustryMusical instruments
Founded(1937 (1937)
Headquarters
Italy
Websitewww.bontempi.com
Bontempi chord organs

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 50 years;[citation needed] some of its fan-blown reed organs were built by Comus S.p.A..[3]

Some European musicians 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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Toy & Hobby World. Charleson Publishing Company. 1977. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  3. ^ Robert F. Gellerman (1998). Gellerman's international reed organ atlas. Vestal Press. ISBN 978-1-879511-34-7. Retrieved 15 September 2013.