Artisan Accordions: Galliano & Ploner

[Walker]

Here's something...

Hand made accordions from Treviso (Veneto) - from fruit tree to fisarmonica. Crafted with a folkloristic flourish and built 90% in-house.

https://www.gallianoeploner.it/

YouTube Interview in Italian (but you can set subtitles and translate to English or other language):



An example...

 

[saundersbp]

Here's something..

Not sure the Yann Tiersen performance was the best marketing decision.....

 

[Tom]

Here's something...

Hand made accordions from Treviso (Veneto) - from fruit tree to fisarmonica. Crafted with a folkloristic flourish and built 90% in-house.

https://www.gallianoeploner.it/

YouTube Interview in Italian (but you can set subtitles and translate to English or other language):



An example...

Wow, that’s awesome, great find Walker! I was not aware of this company. I couldn’t get the captions in English but understood they made a set of 12 instruments from one walnut tree for an orchestra of women musicians. Then she talked about how artisans (like accordion makers) and musicians develop “hand intelligence” over time. She continued the studio after her father (Mr. Gallo) retired. I didn’t quite get her definition of “ploner.”

To me these instruments remind me of my “Della Noce,” same wood, made “90% in house.” My accordion buying days are over, but I would buy one of these in a heartbeat. A smallish CBA please!

 

[Walker]

...walnut, pearwood, brass, mother of pearl. What's not to love!

Yet there is more still to this company and Miss Gallo shows a great interest in the traceability of the tree and it's particular story too...

We are told that long ago a walnut tree was planted (I imagine by a family in a wonderful garden somewhere)... and it was to be grown so that one day it would be cut down and crafted into a beautiful dowry-chest for a daughter of the household, when she was ready to get married. However, during WW2 the young life was cut down by bombs and so the tree was never felled, until one day the accordion maker was regaled the story and cut it down. Twelve accordions were then crafted for twelve women in an orchestra and became a memorial and a symbol for women's emancipation and the freedom of expression that is uniquely offered by music. Incredible story!​

 

[Tom]

And she sings too! How did you get this in English???

And here’s her own channel “the artisan who sings”: Lots of interesting stuff here.

https://m.youtube.com/@lartigianachecanta

 

[Tom]

click "settings"
click "subtitles" (they will be off as default)
click "Italian auto-generated" (as it's the original language)
click "subtitles" (again)
click "Auto-translate"
select required language from dropdown menu.

You should then be able to play the video with subtitles in your preferred language.

Thanks!!! Oh, I see, it works in the YouTube app, but not in a browser for me. This is why you’re the smart guy on here and I’m still playing the simple songs! . So, “Ploner” was an old brand from when Treviso was Austrian, that she restored in her workshop. Now I definitely want one of those concertinas!

 

[murathan]

Like Swiss watches. Old closed brand revived. Italians approach to Steirische harmonika. Will not be cheap

 

[Tom]

Like Swiss watches. Old closed brand revived. Italians approach to Steirische harmonika. Will not be cheap

Out of my league that’s for sure!

 

[Ric46]

Thanks, always very interesting. I already knew this craftsman and I have also seen some very interesting videos.

 

[Tom]

Thanks, always very interesting. I already knew this craftsman and I have also seen some very interesting videos.

This is an interesting series, thanks Ric.

S. O. S. Is for

“Stories, Organology, Secrets”

New word for me.

“Organology” is:

“The branch of musicology that deals with musical instruments and their construction, acoustic properties, classification, history, and broader cultural context.”

Not just organs apparently!

 

[Tom]

And here she is singing and talking, in an hour long presentation at a school. This will have limited appeal for most here, but really, how often do we see the principal of an accordion company who also sings and plays? Now that we no longer have Marco, and Fisarmonicando, I hope she continues SOS. The only other I can think of now is Marc Savoy. Can anyone think of another?

 

[Walker]

Mirco Patarini, director of Scandalli and former World Champion...



Jus'sayin'.

 

[Tom]

Mirco Patarini, director of Scandalli and former World Champion...



Jus'sayin'.

Thanks, I didn’t know him, more to research!

 

[Walker]

Romeo Aichino of Cooperfisa...

 

[Tom]

Omg, do you know everything? . But do they sing?

 

[Tom]

Here’s a small interview where he says that the PA is better than the CBA in concert. Just sayin’

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