Somebody knows the history of the Bianco Freres Paris accordeons?

[Edgar Acosta]

Good afternoon, i am looking for a musette accordeon, i found one with the brand name "Bianco Freres Paris", some body knows about the history of these accordeons? are they french or italian, seems french because of the name, but where can i find more detail historical info about them? how is the musette sound?, are they good quality?

 

[Dingo40]

It looks like an attractive 80 bass two reed accordion from the late 1940s.
Suitable for a beginner, folk muso or busker.
Here's a previous thread on an older, more featured model :

Bianco Freres Paris Super - what a looker... !

Makes my heart flutter just looking at it... 43/132.. Irrespective of the name, I believe made in Italy? Click on it twice for a real close up...

www.accordionists.info

Here's another (definitely musette)

Another?

 

[debra]

It just so happens that I have a Bianco Freres (piano) accordion. I got it for free, intended to be used for parts, but I found it too good to just use some parts and then toss the rest. It was a bit of an oddball: LMM but with the second M lower instead of higher (as is common). It was an 80 bass accordion but the row of 7th chords had full chords (so C7 as C-E-G-Bb) making them unusable for diminished chords. I carefully removed the stub for the base note from eash 7th chord piston, (making C7 into E-G-Bb which can serve as G diminished). After tuning the accordion became more or less usable, good enough to donate to a beginner in need of an accordion. (That beginner still has not shown up...)
Apart from these two quirks it is a decent starter accordion, not better or worse than German or Italian ones from that era (and better than a Chinese).

 

[Tom]

It is pretty…. Good luck!

 

[Glug]

Hadn't heard Mirabelle before - quite nice.
There's a score on Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/5476331/scores/7476038

 

[Xiane]

It just so happens that I have a Bianco Freres (piano) accordion. I got it for free, intended to be used for parts, but I found it too good to just use some parts and then toss the rest. It was a bit of an oddball: LMM but with the second M lower instead of higher (as is common). It was an 80 bass accordion but the row of 7th chords had full chords (so C7 as C-E-G-Bb) making them unusable for diminished chords. I carefully removed the stub for the base note from eash 7th chord piston, (making C7 into E-G-Bb which can serve as G diminished). After tuning the accordion became more or less usable, good enough to donate to a beginner in need of an accordion. (That beginner still has not shown up...)
Apart from these two quirks it is a decent starter accordion, not better or worse than German or Italian ones from that era (and better than a Chinese).

A specific beginner, or more the idea of a beginner with dreams, but little knowledge or money?

 

[debra]

A specific beginner, or more the idea of a beginner with dreams, but little knowledge or money?

A local beginner or player of an even lower end accordion. I do know some people who will need an accordion not too far in the future. We have a Spanish song and dance group (a type called "tuna") and their accordions are pretty bad, so I can help them out when they want...

 

[Xiane]

A local beginner or player of an even lower end accordion. I do know some people who will need an accordion not too far in the future. We have a Spanish song and dance group (a type called "tuna") and their accordions are pretty bad, so I can help them out when they want...

Sounds good. I wasn't fishing for an accordion, by the way, I'm doing fine in that regard (in fact some just seem to be finding me rather than the reverse). I was more thinking of things I've set aside, but with no clear idea who exactly might want them one day, and if the effort was worthwhile.

 

[Pipemajor]

Sounds good. I wasn't fishing for an accordion, by the way, I'm doing fine in that regard (in fact some just seem to be finding me rather than the reverse). I was more thinking of things I've set aside, but with no clear idea who exactly might want them one day, and if the effort was worthwhile.

Sounds like you've caught the disease already.
Sadly there's no cure