Noun
a type of concertina popular in South America
Source: WordNetAt this time he composed and recorded a series of tangos with the String Orchestra of the Paris Opera and began to play the bandoneon while standing up, putting his right foot on a chair and the bellows of the instrument across his right thigh. Source: Internet
Apart from playing the bandoneon, Piazzolla also became Troilo’s arranger and would occasionally play the piano for him. Source: Internet
In later years, Piazzolla made light of this near miss, joking that had his father not been so careful, he would now be playing the harp, rather than the bandoneon. Source: Internet
As well as providing original compositions and arrangements, he was the director and bandoneon player in all of them. Source: Internet
He decided to drop the bandoneon and to dedicate himself to writing and to studying music. Source: Internet
In 1975 he set up his Electronic Octet an octet made up of bandoneon, electric piano and/or acoustic piano, organ, guitar, electric bass, drums, synthesizer and violin, which was later replaced by a flute or saxophone. Source: Internet