I am drawing an Alfred Arnold “Alfa” Bandoneon (1945-1948). The first post-war model from Alfred Arnold. The object of my Bandoneon project is to show the incredible diversity of the instrument and its decoration. I selected the Alfa because of its distinctive art-deco sound openings and also because the first example I came across was…
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Gebrüder Meinel 142 Bandoneon
The photography of Christoph Paas (@alma.bandoneon) has been incredibly helpful In my Bandoneon drawing challenge. Christoph’s pictures of dismantled Bandoneons on his workshop bench were very useful for me in understanding the shape of the various instruments. Christoph showed me pictures of a “Gebrüder Meinel 142” that had been recently restored and suggested that I…
The Seven Bandoneons Challenge
A Bandoneon is a type of German Accordion that is used extensively in Tango music. I don’t know how you found your way to this site without knowing that, but here we are! The first time I saw the decoration on a generation-one Alfred Arnold “Doble A” Bandoneon, I was shocked by how beautiful and…