“Ne Plus Ultra Accordeon” – No Greater Antique Accordion?

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I wrote about this mysterious older accordion on my Accordion Uprising blog. Any ideas for identifying it would be very welcome. I love the “Ne Plus Ultra!” grill.

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I’m excited to share that I just heard from Laurent Jarry, the French author of the Trésors de lames, accordéons - bandonéons coffee-table book https://www.facebook.com/tresorsdelames that the antique is made by Wilhelm Spaethe, Germany. W. Spaethes accordions, (1884 or 1889 patents).”

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