Instrument date and model
- Thread starter Glenn68
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Welcome Glenn and Congrats on this nice Paolo Soprani accordion for your son! Unfortunately I can’t tell you the model and year for this accordion but Soprani is a well known and respected brand with a notable history. I hope your son has a lot of fun along with the hard work of playing accordion.
Glenn68
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Cheers, Tom
Scandalli actually originated this design, called a Brevette. At some point Paolo Soprani and Scandalli had similar designs. Accordions do not normally have a date stamp on them, so an exact year may be hard to offer.
Paolo Soprani is a fairly well respected name and this accordion that is manufactured likely in the 60's-70's is a great starter accordion for your son, no matter his age (how old is he if I may ask?).
I myself had a similar (but slightly larger) Scandalli Brevette model from the age of 12-13 years old and believe it or not, it still serves me today (over 50 years later).
He will totally enjoy it, more so with some guidance and support!
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Glenn68
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Fabulous and thank you. He's 17 - and a good learner, with an excellent ear.
Dingo40
Been here for ages!
"the model and year of manufacture"
Probably not and generally not!
Another name for the model is the "Polifonico ".
There were several makers of similar models and levels of features.
The higher grades featured 4 treble reed sets and 6 "billy lids" to the mute.
Scandallis kept the line going for at least 14 years with incremental changes over time, except that towards the end they ditched the, by now dated, design for an updated new look.
They were well made and the higher featured models were considered "semi-professional", being even played by some professionals, such as here:
Zignat Visoky
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