Old accordiola

[jasonnystrup]

Hey everyone !!

So I'm really new here in this forum, but I need the help from some of you. About 5 years ago, my grandma asked me if I wanted to take over my grandpa's old accordion as he had been dead for a decade. I told her that I would love to and I got his old accordion as a heritage. I'm a bassist and guitarist in my spare time and I play a lot of music. Unfortunately I'm busy enough with the jobs I play as a bassist. I really can't get the time to try and learn how to play my accordion. So I was thinking about selling it, the instrument deserves to be played.
It's really old and probably from the 50's, but in excellent condition. My grandpa treated it well.
All I know is, that's it's an accordiola.

 

[jasonnystrup]

So my question is, does anybody know how much it is worth ??

Thanks

 

[losthobos]

where are you based... if near i'd be interested in a peek...

 

[Soulsaver]

Buttons not my area of expertise but more pics including the registers, back and insides needed.. at least.

 

[Soulsaver]

heres a 4 voice super cassottto being played quite well.. nice tone.

 

[JIM D.]

I've come across Accordiola accordions in the past. Some of them were made by Sonola, and some made by Camerano. In both cases the accordions were of excellent quality. From your pic' yours looks like a Camerano make. These accordions vary in price on region and need, to determine a fair market resale price more info is needed. If you can answer some ???'s
The # of treble reeds and tuning?
The # of bass reeds?
Does it have a tone chamber?
Is it C or B system?
Is the bass machine standard stradella or 3+3 stradella?

And of course the playability will factor.

 

[jasonnystrup]

Sorry I'm having a hard time answering the questions as I am no where near an expert on accordions I can send some more pictures for you guys !! Here are some of the accordion up close and the insides.
I'm located in Greenland, so it's probably hard for some of you to come see it Haha

 

[jasonnystrup]

Here are the insides

 

[dunlustin]

Button layout suggests C system if it is not a Scandinavian variant.
Registers suggest 3 sets of reeds - L M H.
The dimples on the basses suggest 2bass/4chord Stradella.
I'm intrigued by the on/off slide on the grill - a mute?
These often go for a few hundred £ in UK - a very silly price.
A buyer would be concerned that there was no work needed - valve leathers for example - or would factor it into the price.
To get a better idea maybe you could look to Scandinavia where these instruments are more appreciated, or maybe France.

 

[JIM D.]

Yes the switch is for a sordina. However (I'm sorry to say) the bass machine on this one is of low quality and not made for hard made (professional) use. These tinplate bass machines were used by low quality Scandalli's for years and still in use by low quality Hohner's and Chinese boxes today. I'm going have to retract my guess of Sonola or Camerano make as they did not use this design. The Accordiola name has been banded about for 60 years now and the shift switch's (coupler's) are a standard Scandalli design and same design used by China makes today. The guess is still Italian make but a 3 reed student model accordion.