Please could you help identifying this accordion

[Whiteknight]

Hi
Im just wondering if anybody could help me identify this accordion as i cant seem to find it online at all

Thank you for your time and help

 

[maddogdom]

Hi there.i used to have the same model.cant remember what model it was but if you contact Paolo soprani I'm sure they can help you out,possibly for a small charge.best of luck.love the sopranos tone.presently playing a custom built,3rd hand hohner verdi v.lovely instrument too.prefer Italian reeds but this was affordable at the time.yours sincerely.dominic mogridge.west cork.ireland

 

[maddogdom]

You'll need serial numbers.usually stamped on button palm plate,but if not look inside.

 

[Dingo40]

as i cant seem to find it online at all

Hi, Whiteknight and welcome!
Not really surprising you can't easily find it on line: it is an "ancient" (possibly c.1920s / early 1930s ) Paolo Soprani piano accordion made, as it says, in Castelfidardo Italy. Both it's makers and early owners have long gone to the accordion concert in the sky leaving few or no records!
Even so, occasionally similar instruments do crop up to amaze us!
Paolo Soprani was one of the first well known, respected, successful commercial accordion makers.
This instrument, nowadays, is more of an historical curiosity than a commercial or musical proposition, unless a fan of playing period music with original instruments.

 

[JerryPH]

Almost definitely from the 40’s. What is a little different is that the ones from the 30’s had the rounded ornate keyboard edges.
I own a 1938 Soprani “Italia” from my grandfather.