Help identifying my accordion. With pictures.

[rob]

Hello everyone,
I hope you're all well.

Hoping to pick someone's brain.
Any info on the company Musettina and what "Acc.Dev.Centre" is? I'm guessing accordion development centre but, just want to know more about it. Can't find a thing on the net. Other than a post on here from a few years back. I've only had the box for over 15 years. Been meaning to research it a bit....
There is another post on here from a few years back, someone describing an accordion very similar to this, someone replied requesting to see an image of it but, they didn't reply.

Lovely to play. A shame the diamonds aren't real.....

Rob

 

[Dingo40]

Welcome, Rob!
Very colourful.

 

[Chickers]

A very "colorful" mystery.
Seems like I remember seeing a Musettina accordion for sale either here on the Forum, or on Ebay.

 

[Caps]

Try a google search for Musettina Accordion. I saw one similarly gaudy made by Brandoni and was said to be from the Italian town of Castelfidardo.

 

[boxplayer4000]

Here's its cousin:

 

[Ben-jammin]

Looks like a nice instrument. My best guess is the acc. Dev. Centre was an accordion shop/school that had accordions built for them with the Mussettina name.

 

[JerryPH]

The company name is not Musettina, its on the bass side a little lower... Fratelli Crosio. An accordion manufacturer from Castelfidardo that closed it's doors around 2008 if I recall some of the info around here.