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Help identifying accordion inherited recently

SavoryApple

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Hi all, I didn't even know my uncle owned an accordion but it suddenly showed up and is said to be 70+ years old. It's in terrible condition, but I'm curious if anyone knows anything about this brand? I can't find any information online (attached). Its got a palm switch as well as one above the bass buttons and is 41/120

Slasterfonic?
Jlasterfonic?
 

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Here's a reference to a "Masterphonic" accordion sold by Liberty Bellows 🙂
very interesting!
Perhaps part of the logo on mine is missing a piece, because this "Masterfonic" accordion has an eerily similar one:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/356221619963?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item
 
Masterphonic was possibly a Jobber brand, as the accordions
themselves were such a wide variety of models and styles
that a single source is unlikely. also, they are seen in various cities
of the USA, so it could not have been a private label of only one
teaching studio. apparently the name existed from the early 1950's
through the end of the 1960's at least

i have never seen any models above what would be considered
Student line accordions, except the occasional one-off for the
teachers themselves to use at the schools and events

they usually played and sounded pretty decent.. and were
usually rugged and solidly built
 
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