Owen Woods playing Fisitalia Elite D/G Melodeon

We were delighted when Owen Woods agreed to record some tracks on the Fisitalia Elite D/G Melodeon to show off this lovely instrument's full potential.

On Thursday 30th October we spent the morning with Owen in Jay Stapley's West Mersea recording studio, and the result was the four tracks below:

Owen is currently raising funds on Kickstarter for his new solo melodeon album - please give him your support.

Black Diamond Accordions' summer festival season

We had a great summer taking Black Diamond and Fisitalia instruments to some of the UK's top folk festivals. Here are some of our favourite moments. You can see lots more photos on our Facebook page .

Black Diamond Accordions are now the Authorised UK Dealers for Fisitalia of Castelfidardo

We're delighted to announce that Black Diamond Accordions have been appointed the authorised UK dealers for Fisitalia Accordions of Castelfidardo.

We will be showing some of these superb hand-crafted instruments at festivals this summer, including:

Sidmouth Folk Week, 1st-7th August 2014

Whitby Folk Week, 16th-22nd August 2014  

Shrewsbury Folk Festival, 22nd-26th August 2014 

Accordions International, Mundesley, Norfolk, 20-24 October 2014

For more information, please visit the Fisitalia UK page of our website, 'like' the Fisitalia UK Facebook page, and follow us on Twitter.