Paolo Soprani Piano Accordion

[Boxmad]

Hi All. I’ve just bought a Paolo Soprani Piano Accordion online (pic attached). I’ve not received it yet but wondered if anyone had any information on the model? I expect it will need tuning and perhaps other work and wondered if anyone could recommend an accordion tuner in the Leeds/West Yorkshire area of the UK. Thank you.

 

[Tom]

Beautiful! Congrats!

 

[Dingo40]

any information on the model?

Welcome Boxmad!
37 treble keys.
80 basses.
Waterfall keyboard.
Probably from the 1940s.
Can't see the coupler switches well enough to guess at the number of voices (reed banks).
Good for folk music and busking.
Have fun!

 

[ColoRodney]

Four right-hand switches is a bit odd: a typical LMM box has five, and LM just needs 3. It could be that one is duplicated, or there’s a “mute.” Nice size box, though. Congrats.

 

[Thomas N]

Very nice looking accordion! Congrats!

 

[oldbayan]

Four right-hand switches is a bit odd: a typical LMM box has five, and LM just needs 3. It could be that one is duplicated, or there’s a “mute.” Nice size box, though.

I have a 2-voice LM that has five!!! Two are duplicates.

 

[Walker]

Four right-hand switches is a bit odd

On the contrary... four right-hand switches is quite even.

 

[Paul vdV]

Four right-hand switches is a bit odd: a typical LMM box has five, and LM just needs 3. It could be that one is duplicated, or there’s a “mute.” Nice size box, though. Congrats.

My Settimio Soprani is the same: three reed blocks, four register switches: they leave out a switch which would enable you to sound only the lowest reed. So you have LM, LMM, MM, M.