Three row BCC# Paolo Soprani age

[Burrmush]

Hi everybody, this is my first post, I have a three row Paolo soprani with silver front blue badge, I was wondering what age it is. Thank you.

 

[Burrmush]

Hi, anyone on this site know approximate age of this model, and if there were a lot of them made.

 

[JIM D.]

50's thru early 60's.

 

[Burrmush]

50's thru early 60's.

Thank you Jim D

 

[dunlustin]

It's a brave (foolhardy?) man who posts after Jim D but:

https://steveclinkscalemusic.co.uk/gallery/1342-sir-jimmy-shand-playing-a-paolo-soprani.html

Clinkscale's reckon "1975 onward" so the model went on a bit longer.

There's also a photo of him playing a 2-row from the same catalogue.- doing someone a favour I suppose?

 

[KLR]

Irish musicians are obsessed with all things old Paolo button box, the grey models often go for over $10k. Plenty of info at that site on when block letters first came along - one discussion suggests it was as early as 1964.