Hi everyone. I was wondering if any one knows a little history about Excelsior. In particular when did accordiana and excelsiola models come out? What was the time frame and for how long? Were they less expensive? or just a different line, or better quality? I've seen prodfessional models of all three and was curious when and what they were made for.
All I know for sure is that they were first made in NYC. They were top of the the line instruments in their time. I'm not sure about accordiona and excelsiola and where they fit- i'm sure someone out there knows. I have a 58 Symphony Artist Double cassotto and I love it. It has incredible action and is tuned 443 and sounds amazing. Steve
My guess ( based on my limited experience ) is the Accordiana came out in the 40`s. Quite possibly early 40`s. I had sold one that I dated to about the mid 40`s about 2 yrs ago. I think the Excelsiola came a little later.
If you are ever in NYC go see Alex at "Alex's Musical Instruments" in Manhatten. He worked for Excelsior both in NY and Italy. He would know all about it
plasteraccordion: geo thanks for the great foto- are those ribbons metal? for protection? never came across them- steve
I come across these valve retainers in about 50% of the accordions I`ve worke
you said a pad was off on the g clef side, yes that will make a note play when its not being played fer sure, very easy to fix unless you have a double tone chamber box, then ikts gonna be hard cuz yo
My favourite accordion players are Nick Ariondo and Ivan Hajek:
Accordion virtuoso Nick Ariondo (video) (http://www.linkonardo.com/en/accordion/d2258/accordion-virtuoso-nick-ariondo-video.html)
Hi Wendi,
It is a lovely piece to play. Some lovely people on this site provided me with this music so if you send me an email address I will be happy to pass it on to you.
Just to add to the positive Weltmeister posts, I've had mine (an Achat 34/72) a little over a year and have nothing but good to say about it given the price.
While practising this morning, a spring
Accordionist: Got anything going on vis a vis accordions lately?
sorry for my english, but i don´t understand what you mean
steve, link is working fine, but you must have Spotify intalled
I just did some minor repairs to one almost identical (2 row 22 buttons and 8 bass buttons) to that one you pictured. Mine also had the same wooden grille. It`s a diatonic , meaning it sounds a differ
If you're living in Europe- you'll be using Euros- I'd buy there- if you're in London- Alodi Accordions is the place to go. Lots of instruments and Emilio is a good guy. steve
http://www.accordions
your list of types of music and kinds of accordion were so extensive that it would take a couple of days to answer- do a little more research on the net. As for your price restrictions- Craig's list.
ha ha heck i have been playing the BOX for over 20 yrs and ya i still get sore arms & shoulders after about a hr of playing, cuz i use a double tone chamber acc, those things are heavy, most go at
those who say 4-3 causes --- ie sluring,,NOT! i play my left hand strick staccoto unless the arrangment calls for sluring the bass-cords. with no problem at all,, this is not a argument from me! a thi
Now that WAS a funny video...
...but STRANGE.
--- Jordan
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Thanks Geo,
I have been getting some advice from Capt Accordion, a repairer here in Melbourne, Australia about repairs etc. I think it is probably a bit risky. The seller says she hasn't touched it
As you've probably already discovered from viewing your above post, if you include a link to a youtube video in a post, this website will embed the video right in your post.
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Hi everyone, here for a good time not a long time. I have a Scandalli 80 bass for sale. I think it is from the sixties, it is black, with scandalli written in script. I do not play the accordion but a
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