CBA Giulietti information

[Deleted member 101]

Hello all,
Just a question to satisfy my curiosity really.
I have recently acquired a 72 bass, 2 voice, 5 row Giulietti ( a travelling box really) to supplement my 120 bass, 4 voice CBA Giulietti. The new one has two treble registers (clarinet and master) and 62 buttons ( 4 dummy, 35 unique) and set out in the c system. On the back it says P72. I've seen many Giulietti P 72 piano accordions but can't find any reference to a CBA version.
Somebody I know in the trade who sells CBS's, says in 30 years he has never seen one before.
Can anybody shed some light on this great little box.
Edit: I'm not really interested in the value as it's a "keeper".
I can't post photos at the moment (long story!).
As I said, just curious really.
Thanks in advance.

 

[AccordionUprising]

Oh, I wish you had a spare one of those I could take home myself.

Sounds like just what I've been looking for for years.

 

[JIM D.]

The button box was never popular through the 50's to the present here in the US and most firms had only PA's in their model line. When a customer wanted a quality Giulietti (Zero-Sette) button box it was custom ordered and always of the finest quality. A great find. :tup:

 

[Deleted member 101]

So have I AccordionUprising, so it's nice to have finally found my "travel box".
I thought I might have stumbled across a gem Jim D. In the past I've had a small Hohner and a Welty but these were pale imitations of this. I've had it professionally retuned and it sounds wonderful. I've already had offers to buy it but as I said, its a " keeper". Everything about it says " top quality". It'll see me out-search over.
Orma

 

[losthobos]

by chance did you score from Hobgoblin for 850 quid, was looking and quite tempted myself... i had a full 120 Guilietti once but had awful wide musette tuning... it's in Australia now but in retrospect i should have kept and retuned....beautifully balanced instrument and real joy to play...apart from the nauseating musette...Enjoy yours...

 

[Deleted member 101]

by chance did you score from Hobgoblin for 850 quid, was looking and quite tempted myself... i had a full 120 Guilietti once but had awful wide musette tuning... its in Australia now but in retrospect i should have kept and retuned....beautifully balanced instrument and real joy to play...apart from the nauseating musette...Enjoy yours...

No I didnt pay anything like that-even with full professional retuning to my specification (of both the treble and bass) the cost was no where near £850 (I actually swapped it for another accordion with no extra cost incurred) . Im afraid to say I wouldnt pay that sort of money for and old accordion, because I would factor in the cost of a full overhaul and retune.
Regarding your other comment, I think weve all moved on accordions and regretted it later ( perhaps this has been the subject of another thread). The mechanism and build quality of Giulietti are first rate in my opinion and I wouldnt want to part with either.