Idea for a "sticky" thread • accordion dealers and repair

[96Bass]

If the moderator finds this appropriate.....
How about listing accordion dealers and repair shops in your area.
I'll start:

San Francisco Bay Area

Smythe's Accordion Center
Petaluma, California
New accordions: Delicia and Weltmeister
Sells used accordions with warranty
Restoration and repair

Smythe's Accordion Center

Full service accordion store doing repairs, restoration, sales, accessories & lessons

www.smythesaccordioncenter.com

Accordion Repair Shop San Jose
San Jose, California
Buys, sells, trades used accordions
Restoration and repair
Lessons

Accordion Repair Shop San Jose – Just another WordPress site

 

[daveburkevt]

Vermont, upper New England region.

The Free Reed
Montpelier, Vermont
Restoration and repair
Used accordions for sale

The Free Reed: Accordion Repair & Sales – Montpelier, VT

 

[debra]

Not sure we can have a "sticky" thread on this forum. And certainly, by just listing more and more dealers and repairers we don't get a usable "database" of dealers and repairers in each area.
But in my experience it is much more important to know reputable dealers who sell good new accordions at reasonable prices and who only sell used accordions that were serviced and tuned and to know good repairers and tuners, rather than just knowing which dealers and repairers exist. We don't need to replicate what used to be just listed in the phone book (back when phone books existed)...