Please could you help identifying this accordion
- Thread starter Whiteknight
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maddogdom
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Hi there.i used to have the same model.cant remember what model it was but if you contact Paolo soprani I'm sure they can help you out,possibly for a small charge.best of luck.love the sopranos tone.presently playing a custom built,3rd hand hohner verdi v.lovely instrument too.prefer Italian reeds but this was affordable at the time.yours sincerely.dominic mogridge.west cork.ireland
maddogdom
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You'll need serial numbers.usually stamped on button palm plate,but if not look inside.
Dingo40
Been here for ages!
Hi, Whiteknight and welcome!
Not really surprising you can't easily find it on line: it is an "ancient" (possibly c.1920s / early 1930s
) Paolo Soprani piano accordion made, as it says, in Castelfidardo Italy. Both it's makers and early owners have long gone to the accordion concert in the sky leaving few or no records!Even so, occasionally similar instruments do crop up to amaze us!
Paolo Soprani was one of the first well known, respected, successful commercial accordion makers.
This instrument, nowadays, is more of an historical curiosity than a commercial or musical proposition, unless a fan of playing period music with original instruments.
Almost definitely from the 40’s. What is a little different is that the ones from the 30’s had the rounded ornate keyboard edges.
I own a 1938 Soprani “Italia” from my grandfather.
I own a 1938 Soprani “Italia” from my grandfather.
Whiteknight
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Many thanks maddogdom, dingo40 and jerry ph you have been a great help thank you for your help do you guys have any idea on a price for it i only paid 18 quid for it and i was thinking maybe i could sell it for like 40 would this seem like a reasonable price for the beauty as she does have a few sticky round keys but apart from that she appears to be in good working order the bellows are in pretty good shape i think and the actions are nice on the keyboard
Thank you again guys have a good one i really do appreciate your help sincerely
Thank you again guys have a good one i really do appreciate your help sincerely
triskel
Newbie
What lovely multicolour Art Deco lettering and decoration!
I have a 1938 Paolo Soprani illustrated pricelist, from a Paris accordion shop, that has illustrations of similar models, but the smallest piano accordion in it, that they sold, has 39 piano keys and 80 basses, whilst yours has only 34 piano keys and 48 basses, so it's pretty basic and limiting, and of little interest to most people today.
I have a 1938 Paolo Soprani illustrated pricelist, from a Paris accordion shop, that has illustrations of similar models, but the smallest piano accordion in it, that they sold, has 39 piano keys and 80 basses, whilst yours has only 34 piano keys and 48 basses, so it's pretty basic and limiting, and of little interest to most people today.
It probably wasn't worth more than what you paid for it, unfortunately. The cost to make playable would far exceed it's value.
