Celebrating
our 100th Anniversary!
Iorio Accordion Co.,
R to L: Frank Iorio, Augusto Iorio, Alex De Lisi, Candido Iorio, Biagio
Quattrochioche
The current trend of describing space age
electronic organs as "a new generation of musical instruments" has a
special meaning for the Iorio family. Not only have they recently developed a
new solid-state organ housed in an accordion body, but for six generations, the
family has worked to further the technology of producing music. Beginning with
church reed organs in
In the late 19th century, Augusto Iorio, an organ apprentice applied the skills
acquired from his forefathers to the manufacture of accordions. At the turn of
the century, he emigrated to the
Al Iorio
Amedeo (Al) Iorio, current president, helped
to bring the conventional accordion to its final development period with his
invention of the "Amplisonic" tone chamber
in 1954. A mechanical engineer with a degree from Stevens Institute of
Technology, Al first worked for Fairchild Aviation Corp. on aerial cameras.
After joining the US Air Force during World War II, he served with a B-29
squadron on
Al Iorio received several patents for the accordion/organ, which he later
licensed to the accordion industry including Cordovox.
Iorio/Syncordion wishes to thank all the dealers and musicians who have made
this 100th ANNIVERSARY possible. We are indeed grateful for your association
with us and can assure you that Iorio Syn-cordion
& it's associates will continue to serve you as we
have in the past with QUALITY and SERVICE.
Thank You!
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