The Accordion in the 19th Century - Gorka Hermosa

Fig. 22: Illustration by Mersenne (1636) 42 .
Fig. 23: Illustration by Blanchini (1685) 43 . Fig. 24: Illustration by Bonani (1722) 44 .
Fig. 25 and 26: Illustrations by La borde 45 (1780) 46 .
- In 1780 in Paris, Joseph Marie Amiot in his book Memoires concernant l`histoire, les sciences, les arts, les moeurs, les
usages, ec des Chinois, par les missionnaires de Pekin, vol. 6 describes in detail a tcheng, providing information about
its construction. [197, 388, 398]
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Fig. taken from: http://www.patmissin.com/history/mersenne.html
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Fig. taken from: http://www.patmissin.com/history/blanchini.html
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Fig. taken from: http://www.patmissin.com/history/bonanni.html
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These pictures were included in 1780 in the book Essai de la Musique Ancienne et Modern (Paris, France: Ph.D. Pierres) by Jean
Benjamin de Laborde.
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Fig. taken from: http://www.patmissin.com/history/laborde.html
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