Bontempi
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Bontempi is an Italian musical instrument manufacturer, best known for manufacturing low-priced, 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 keyboard
s. The company continues to make low-priced musical instruments aimed at the educational and toy market, including keyboards
, guitar
s, drum kit
s and various items of tuned percussion
.
Bontempi has been manufacturing musical instruments and toys for over 50 years.
Chord organ
The chord organ is a kind of home organ with a keyboard and a set of chord buttons, enabling the musician to play a melody or lead with one hand and accompanying chords with the other, like the accordion....
; 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 keyboard
Electronic keyboard
An electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
s. The company continues to make low-priced musical instruments aimed at the educational and toy market, including keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, drum kit
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
s and various items of tuned percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
.
Bontempi has been manufacturing musical instruments and toys for over 50 years.