Dallape Accordion musette

[denisshink]

I want to know if somebody know what years this accordion
Dallape musette Cassoto 4/5 LMMM 11 Registers right and 7 Registers left

Thank for info
Denis

 

[JerryPH]

Dallapè went out of business in 2010 after surviving for about 130 years, so the one great source of info is no longer available. We can, however, take a few educated guesses.

- The lack of waterfall keys means it is after the 1950's
- The marbled keyboard shows that it is after the 1960's
- The style of the registers shows that it is 1970's or later
- The middle "C" key is marked by a rhinestone, something that likely did not come from the factory but was added by a beginner accordionist either themselves or as a factory installed option by special request.

So, my guess is that this accordion is a model made somewhere between 1970-1990. We know that the top of the line Dallapè were the Organtone and Maestro, so this model would be something lower from the mid-range line.

I would estimate an approximate value in Canadian dollars of being between $500-$2500 depending on internal condition and tune.

Bienvenue a notre site!

 

[denisshink]

Internal condition and Tune are excellent
Thank You

 

[Ventura]

looks like the lucite keytops to me,
so latter part of the 20th century rather than the 60's

the greyish elements are elongated more in the lucite
and the gloss is brighter,, to me, lucite keys "feel" harder too

they seem to hold their newness longer though