Hohner Camillo lll

[landro]

Here`s one I`m not familiar with.The Hohner Camillo . Anyone know where it sits in their lineup?
I read one ad where the seller claims it has Hohners best reeds ,stamped with an H. Is this true?

 

[JerryPH]

Apparently, even Hohner themselves doesnt know about this one:
http://de.playhohner.com/fileadmin/...Hohner_Accordion_Model_Year_of_Maufacture.pdf

A quick google search brings this up:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/222194069977
http://www.usedvancouver.com/classified-ad/Mint-Condition-HOHNER-CAMILLO-III-Accordion_17972544

I kind of doubt that a $250-$500 accordion has hand made reeds.

 

[Soulsaver]

Its been pointed out before, that list (which Knobby kindly provided as a sticky right here, too http://www.accordionists.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=175 ), while it is by far the best reference we have (for any maker ASFAIK) - is not 100% complete and has discrepancies in some descriptions, too. I have started to keep track of the ones I spot that are not included.. so Ill add this Camilla to the list, thanks.

 

[James]

Landro,

I have a Hohner Camillo III. Yes, the reeds do have an "H" stamped on each of them. I have a Hohner Atlantic as well. They sound differently but I like the sound of Atlantic better.

In what terms do they say the reeds in a Camillo III are the best of Hohner?

 

[Soulsaver]

Yep the subject of H reeds, T reeds, and lines has been skated round before; I'd like to see something definitive on it, too.
I'd guess the original reports were along the lines that 'H' reeds are among the best Hohner standard machine made reeds.
Because several of Hohners top line instruments had Italian hand made reed in them, as Jerry says, they are unlikely to be at the Verdi/Tango level. However I have seen somewhere that some early Atlantics IV De Luxe had something out of the ordinary in them too.

 

[Soulsaver]

Hs in a Swiss made Hohner Verdi.

 

[debra]

Here`s one I`m not familiar with.The Hohner Camillo . Anyone know where it sits in their lineup?
I read one ad where the seller claims it has Hohners best reeds ,stamped with an H. Is this true?

Best Hohner machine reeds does not equal best reeds. Some Morinos have these reeds on the bass side while having Italian hand-finished reeds on the keyboard side. Later Morinos have Italian hand-finished reeds on both sides.
Generally I consider Italian reeds to be better than the older German Hohner reeds.

 

[landro]

Thanks for all the replies. Nothing definitive but when it arrives it will be interesting to find out more about it.

 

[landro]

OK, It arrived. The treble reeds are marked H and the (5) sets of bass reeds all marked with a T
Definitely original. More research tells me it this was common in that era of Hohners.
Regardless they seem to be quite good, still in reasonably good tune and responsive.

 

[JerryPH]

My less professional take is that if it sounds good to your ears and ypu enjoy it, those are the 2 more important factors over whether they are Italian, German or hand made or hand finished reeds.

 

[landro]

My less professional take is that if it sounds good to your ears and ypu enjoy it, those are the 2 more important factors over whether they are Italian, German or hand made or hand finished reeds.

I tend to agree with you. I`ve played a few accordions without hand finished reeds that seemed to me as good as others I`ve played that had hand made reeds. Most good accordions I`ve ever owned always had it`s own personality and most likely due to whoever tuned and voiced it , and how much time was taken to do it. I`ve always subscribed to the belief that the tuning was more important than the reed quality.

 

[Soulsaver]

My less professional take is that if it sounds good to your ears and ypu enjoy it, those are the 2 more important factors over whether they are Italian, German or hand made or hand finished reeds.

.. and if its a bargain..