Info needed Supertone Milano

[bbudenos]

I have a Supertones Milano Accordion, that Ive been looking for info on but have only found a little. Its in decent shape. Its a 2048 with a pearl body and an acorn and leaves themed grill. The billows are red with gold edges and copper or brass ribs. Its made one Germany, some info has led me to believe 1930ish but Im not sure. Other info has also said its a Honer and other has said no. Any info would be appreciated from the actual make to worth etc.

 

[Tom]

Hey and welcome bbudenos!

Cool looking accordion! I think that many accordions from the early to mid 1900s that are marked Superrtone were made by Hohner. I am not an expert but I have seen a couple and that seems to be the conventional wisdom, other more expert people on here will chime in.

As to value, it really depends on the shape of the accordion. If it was played hard and/ or neglected and is beat up so that it does not sound good, and has structural issues - missing or weak leather, bellows, out of tune reeds, etc. then it will be worth more as a collectrs item than to someone wanting to play it. If it is in pristine, playable shape it's worth a lot more. Without seeing and playing it a range of value could be from $100 -$500, again just a wild guess based on one photo and just my humble opinion, get others and hopefully it will be restored and played. Tom

 

[bbudenos]

It seems to play well and be in excellent condition the metal grate could probably use a polish and the straps are ok but could do with a replacing. The billows seem ok but I'm no expert. I'll have to take more pictures the other ones I have are apparently too large to upload.

 

[dunlustin]

You'll probably get the best idea of "worth" by looking at ebay and music shops.
Smallish, old, German Piano Accordions don't command high prices.
There is little connection between new and used price - they certainly don't appreciate with age.
Having work done will almost certainly be expensive.
If you're looking to keep it, the only real measure is to ask how much it is worth to you.
48 is a useful number of basses but the treble side would become limiting quite quickly - depending on what you want to play.

 

[Soulsaver]

Dunlustin's comment is prob based on "20" as you stated, but it's actually 34/48 - you count the black keys, too; So it may be a good while before you run out of treble side, depending on your ablity.

 

[dunlustin]

Oops!
Quite right s/s

 

[bbudenos]

Thanks a lot for all the help guys.I appreciate it. Of been looking online and hadn't found one just like mine so it was hard to gauge, and music shops around me are limited and a ways off (I live in a rural area.) and finding one that had decent knowledge of accordions would be a one off. But you guys have helped a lot. I definitely know more now than I did and more than I could fine on my own.