Ventura
Been here for ages!
it sounds like the seller offered the accordion and the tone generator as separate items
that suggests to me the unit was offered for sale by a broker, not a member of the
accordion community, as separating the components of a working device,
a classic organ accordion, is simply not done.. it is a cardinal sin.
and while i can appreciate, jd, that you personally may see the entire value of
this device as a stand alone acoustic (with mics) the absolute fact is as soon
as you separate the accordion from it's accompanying tone generator, you have
lost the massive part of it's eventual re-sale value
again why i suspect this must have been offered for sale by a broker.. another
accordionist would never have allowed someone to unwittingly be tricked
into throwing away the better part of the value of this device
(and by device, that means the entire unit as originally designed/marketed/sold/used)
as soon as it was paid for by literally throwing away the tone generator,
which is worth absolutely nothing without the correct model and version
of accordion to connect it to.
say Jerry, i guess you have looked inside yours.. is the Mic pre-amp the only active
electronic circuit board actually inside the accordion body ? and the rest
of the internal components just passive switching hardware?
or are there other discreet active electronics also inside the body ?
i am thinking a CMOS controlled switching matrix perhaps ?
the more electronic sub-assemblies that connect "remotely" to the
Tone Generator through the cable then the more important to have the exact
model and series accordion/generator matched up
for Cordovox, the first several anyhow, the Firing cable was huge and all the
stuff in the accodion body were merely switches and the passive Mic's
that suggests to me the unit was offered for sale by a broker, not a member of the
accordion community, as separating the components of a working device,
a classic organ accordion, is simply not done.. it is a cardinal sin.
and while i can appreciate, jd, that you personally may see the entire value of
this device as a stand alone acoustic (with mics) the absolute fact is as soon
as you separate the accordion from it's accompanying tone generator, you have
lost the massive part of it's eventual re-sale value
again why i suspect this must have been offered for sale by a broker.. another
accordionist would never have allowed someone to unwittingly be tricked
into throwing away the better part of the value of this device
(and by device, that means the entire unit as originally designed/marketed/sold/used)
as soon as it was paid for by literally throwing away the tone generator,
which is worth absolutely nothing without the correct model and version
of accordion to connect it to.
say Jerry, i guess you have looked inside yours.. is the Mic pre-amp the only active
electronic circuit board actually inside the accordion body ? and the rest
of the internal components just passive switching hardware?
or are there other discreet active electronics also inside the body ?
i am thinking a CMOS controlled switching matrix perhaps ?
the more electronic sub-assemblies that connect "remotely" to the
Tone Generator through the cable then the more important to have the exact
model and series accordion/generator matched up
for Cordovox, the first several anyhow, the Firing cable was huge and all the
stuff in the accodion body were merely switches and the passive Mic's
(though not always pointing in the best place 
) 
