curious about this old scandalli with exterior valves..
- Thread starter Marije
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Dingo40
Been here for ages!
Hi Marije,
Neat!
It's a circa 1950s Scandalli (Italian) made, 34/60 piano accordion, in a popular colour in their "Polifonico" range which included this little two (?) treble reed, through a three reed and up to a semiprofessional 41/120 four reed model.
The Polifonico 4 reed (with six billy-lid " mute" covers) went through about 14 editions, gradually losing the characteristic "lids".
The lesser models had fewer "lids" and fewer reeds/keys/basses.
They are quite appealing.
Many, unfortunately, have suffered damage (and corrosion) to the rather vulnerable "lids ".
If you enter "Scandalli pollifonico YouTube " in your search engine, you should get some interesting hits!
Here's a skilled exponent with one of the upper end models:
(Some models bear the word "brevetto" and people have been referring to them as "Scandlli Brevettos".
However, "brevetto " simply means "patent" in Italian
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This little Scandalli looks in immaculate condition, almost too good (nice and shiny) to be true. How did you manage to keep it in this condition for 6 decades or more?
is this the one on sale in Budel?any info on this interesting little instrument?
thanks!!
I know the seller, I bought my baby Bugari from him
if you need this type of instrument, this is the one to get...
Interesting. Your profile states that you're in Amsterdam...
I didn't see it, but this guy is the real deal
so if you want it, I would go down there and get it
so if you want it, I would go down there and get it
It's also the name of a specific style of Scandalli accordion. They're mostly identified as the ones with the chrome circular flaps that go up and down... and on some of the older ones, either stay down or fall off... lolHowever, "brevetto " simply means "patent" in Italian
I think that this was basically Scandalli's meat and potatoes accordion, it came out in so many variations and sizes, pretty much anything one could think up in the Stradella versions.
They're basically good middle tier accordions, solid and nice sounding. Mine is now 51 years old, NEVER been tuned and sounds pretty good.
Me in 1973:
Me a few months ago:
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