Paolo Soprani?

[Daniel17]

Hi, does anybody know this model? It's supposed to be a Top Paolo Soprani instrument? I'm wondering, why there is no such plate on the instrument?
Best, Daniel

 

[Scuromondo]

The couplers, the grill, bellows, bellows clips, and the blue badge look very much like the same vintage as my old Paolo, though I have never seen openings behind the keyboard such as the ones on the backside of yours. But mine was a PA and did not have a tone chamber as this one appears to have. If it is genuine (which I certainly don’t have the ability to tell from these photos) it seems that someone put a bit of effort into removing the Paolo Soprani name from the celluloid yet replacing it using block lettering very nearly identical to the original font.

 

[Ffingers]

The couplers, the grill, bellows, bellows clips, and the blue badge look very much like the same vintage as my old Paolo, though I have never seen openings behind the keyboard such as the ones on the backside of yours. But mine was a PA and did not have a tone chamber as this one appears to have. If it is genuine (which I certainly don’t have the ability to tell from these photos) it seems that someone put a bit of effort into removing the Paolo Soprani name from the celluloid yet replacing it using block lettering very nearly identical to the original font.

Even the grill retaining buttons appear to be the same as my PS though the grill itself is different

Six row treble, but similar buttons

Incidentally, could someone explain the lower two registers with the 'slash' mark on them?

 

[Scuromondo]

The couplers with the slashes are to distinguish between the LM and MH registers having M in cassotto vs. M out of cassotto.

 

[Dingo40]

Someone did post an explanation on this forum some years ago.
Unfortunately, I don't remember what it was.