Paolo Soprani "Super Organ"

[tcabot]

So it's a French bass with an extra row of chords then

 

[debra]

"No answer!" was the stern reply.

I'm guessing that the beast was made sometime in the 1960s and that they have no records of that time.

The Paolo Soprani factory closed down several decades ago. Whoever is making Paolo Soprani accordions now must only have the license to use the name and also makes accordions under different names as well. The new ones just are not the same as the old ones (which doesn't say which were/are better.
This accordion looks a lot like the "Super Paolo" I recently repaired and tuned, and which was a piano accordion. It has melody bass (in the top three bass registers, not with one large convertor switch) and the melody bass goes down to D1 instead of the E1 on most other accordions. That could merit the "organ" name, which it doesn't have. There may be more differences than just the keyboard because the button version can accommodate more notes with 4 voices instead of having fewer notes with 5 voices.

 

[Dingo40]

Here's a live one?

 

[debra]

Here's a live one?
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I would say there is nothing "organ-like" in that video... These Balkan players always play lots of short notes, and to me it all sounds the same. It is a great way to hide that an accordion is out of tune... but that's probably not why they do it.

 

[Ffingers]

I have been unsuccessful at finding a detailed description and provenance of this 6 row instrument in the English language.








if anyone can help me out here it would be much appreciated.

TIA

Now that we have a few more members from East of Paris I wonder if any of you can enlighten me to the origins and technicalities of this lovely accordion of mine.

My searches have not got me anything substantial so far.