What is an Accorgan?
An accorgan is an improvement on both the electronic keyboard and the accordion by combining both instruments to provide a greater range of sound style and quality. Basically, it allows the musician the greatest range of any single
instrument. The instrument can provide the familiar sound of the accoustic accordion or it can provide a very full sound, much more than a standard accordion. If you can imagine a more portable organ, you can begin to see the advantages of the accorgan.
Tom's accorgan contains the following electronic sounds: traditional organ, B-3 hammond organ, piano, string orchestra, instrumental sounds (trombone, clarinet, trumpet), vibes, and string bass. Tom can also incorporate accoustic accordion with the electronic instrumentation. The accorgan has a foot pedal that allows the musician to adjust the volume of the electronic sounds, just like an organ player can. The electronic sounds are in an organ generator, and the sound is amplified though a PA system or a keyboard amplifier and powered down through the speakers. The organ generator has a Midi component that allows Tom to use
an organ module that replicates a B-3 hammond organ sound. Tom can also add a Leslie speaker to provide a richer, fuller tonality, also used by B-3 hammond organ players to craft a jazzier style.
Tom plays an Elkavox, a style of electronic accordion made in Italy, and he also plays the Iorio accorgan, from a New Jersey dealer who created the name for combination accordion-organs.
instrument. The instrument can provide the familiar sound of the accoustic accordion or it can provide a very full sound, much more than a standard accordion. If you can imagine a more portable organ, you can begin to see the advantages of the accorgan.
Tom's accorgan contains the following electronic sounds: traditional organ, B-3 hammond organ, piano, string orchestra, instrumental sounds (trombone, clarinet, trumpet), vibes, and string bass. Tom can also incorporate accoustic accordion with the electronic instrumentation. The accorgan has a foot pedal that allows the musician to adjust the volume of the electronic sounds, just like an organ player can. The electronic sounds are in an organ generator, and the sound is amplified though a PA system or a keyboard amplifier and powered down through the speakers. The organ generator has a Midi component that allows Tom to use
an organ module that replicates a B-3 hammond organ sound. Tom can also add a Leslie speaker to provide a richer, fuller tonality, also used by B-3 hammond organ players to craft a jazzier style.
Tom plays an Elkavox, a style of electronic accordion made in Italy, and he also plays the Iorio accorgan, from a New Jersey dealer who created the name for combination accordion-organs.