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The bayan is a musical instrument, a kind of accordion, with a full chromatic scale on the right keyboard, and basses and chord accompaniment on the left keyboard

Published: 17 November 2010

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Right mechanism of a “Jupiter 64/106” bayan under construction

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The bayan is a musical instrument, a kind of accordion, with a full chromatic scale on the right keyboard, and basses and chord accompaniment on the left keyboard

Production of a phonic valve for a bayan

Production of a phonic valve for a bayan - worker Nadezhda Chausova

Attaching fabric to the right mechanism of a bayan

Left mechanism of an experimental version of an accordion. Elaboration of a new model of the instrument by constructor Viktor Lavrov

Attaching fabric to right mechanism by Mikhail Rybin

Production of right mechanism of 4-toned “Jupiter”

Production of right mechanism of 4-toned “Jupiter” by Konstantin Platonov

Production of sounding board, installation and insertion of partitions by Mikhail Kudar

The bayan is a musical instrument, a kind of accordion, with a full chromatic scale on the right keyboard, and basses and chord accompaniment on the left keyboard

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