Don Noble & Company, Chicago

[lightninboy]

I guess what Im using would be called a 120-bass Noble Atom Fide Et Fortitudine.

One black key had a bad spring and I didnt want to take the spindle out, so I used a section of a pill bottle for a spring.

I had some trouble with the main C bass button sticking, but hopefully I got it over that.

It seems you hardly ever see two Noble accordions alike.

 

[JIM D.]

The Noble firm of Chicago imported the majority of their 3 and 4 reed accordions from the Italian firm Gabbanelli with the Noble badge applied, and all were well made accordions. Some of their small 2 reed student models were made by as many as 3 different Italian makers with their badge applied and although very decorative were of mediocre quality.

 

[lightninboy]

The main C bass button still sticks open sometimes. I think the way to keep it from happening is to glue something below the main C bass button so it doesn't open up so far.

 

[lightninboy]

I poked a piece of old sock under some rods with a needlenose pliers and kept them from opening so far and this largely reduced the main C bass button sticking open.