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Hi everybody... I am a new member here, this is my first post. First of all, I apologize because of my broken and Tarzan-like English... Sorry for that, but my native tongue is Hungarian and it is dramatically differ than English...
So, the point is that I have no piano accordion yet, no any, but probably I'll get it in this week. I ordered it, and it is already in New York ( I am located in Penn State now).
The ordered PIano Accordion is a "Royal Standard Montana", full size, 120 bass 11 (+1) registers. Allegedly it is refurbished by professionals. Long time ago, this type was made in Germany.
My question is, what is the general opinion about this brand/type? How good (or bad) it is? I ask it just because curiosity, after all I am a beginner, so surely it'll be good for me (at least in the first years). I am not a professional...
In my childhood I had been practised a bit, on a very similar piano accordion, it was also a Royal Standard, but it had only 5 registers. It was a property of my parents, they got it as a gift, but since nobody in my family had any connection to music, they just put it to a corner of the room to be a dust-trap. Then I "discovered" it when I was about 10 years old, and learned to play on it just from my own. But only in the right side... Considering that nobody instructed/teached me, I think I learned it quite a good! But I was not able to figure out how to play on the left, so the bass side... I hope, now, when I am above 50, I can overcome this challenge... in a certain sense "relive" and "revive" my childhood...
So, what is the opinion about the quality of this "Royal Standard Montana"?

Thank you for each reply in advance!
 
Welcome Carnivore Caveman !?
I'm sure someone here will soon give you "the skinny " on the Royal Standard Montana ".
From what I have heard, it's probably a subsidiary make of Weltmeister, an East German accordion maker.?
 
I am really interested to know what you think of your accordion once you have it.
Just in case, be wary of responses like 'I drive three different Lamborghinis and I'm afraid your VW Beetle leaves a lot to be desired.'
 
I did a little work on a Royal Standard and sold it for a friend. It was fine, I'd have been happy to play it.

Nothing wrong with your English CC. Welcome!
 
Royal Standard is one of the badges used by Weltmiester of Germany. They can be found with the names World Standard, & Weltmiester
badges. A mediocre quality accordion made with many plastic parts & fittings.
I'm familiar with the models of Weltmiester but the model name Montana eludes me.
In order to judge the quality of build & condition we will need pictures of the interior & exterior of the accordion.
 
JerryPH said:
Pics of a Montana from ebay:
www.ebay.com

ROYAL STANDARD “Montafana” 120 bass Piano Accordion | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for ROYAL STANDARD “Montafana” 120 bass Piano Accordion at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
www.ebay.com
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Well, Jerry, my accordion was much more expensive than this linked on EBAY: the mine was almost 900 USD. However, mine is allegedly "refurbished" already. I hardly can waiting for that... I don't understand why it is siiting so many days in New York... maybe, the "custom clearance" because it was sent from Ukraine...
 
JerryPH said:
The pearl white look is very nice!
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Yes, that Piano Accordion on which I practised in my childhood a bit, was also not only a Royal Standard, but had also a pearl-white exterior. This was for me an important factor to decide what accordion I shall to choose... so, since I am a rather newbie as far as accordions are concerned, I decided actually based on 2 main reason:
1. I wanted many, many registers - that one I used in my childhood had 5, this Montana has 11.
2. Emotional factors: I had been searching for a very similar exterior to that of one I had in my childhood. And this is very similar. As far as I remember, that accordion I used in those days, was Royal Standard, yes, but not "Montana". It was "Campagnia" if I remember the name good, although I was not perfectly sure my spelling is correct. Maybe "Compania" or "compagnia"... but at least something similar. But one thing is sure: it had also perl-like colour, exterior, and I like that very much!
So when she will be arrived (I think about my accordion always as "she") then I will feel I got back my one-time accordion, just in a more advanced version... I invented her a proper name alreadi: it is "Radzskumári" in Hungarian spelling, which is in English I think maybe "Radjkumari". It means in Hindi language "royal princess".

UPDATE: Well, I found now EXACTLY that type of piano accordion what I had in my childhood: here it is on Ebay:
www.ebay.com

Royal Standard Campania 120 Bass, made in Germany, Amazing Accordion, Case, 1088 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Royal Standard Campania 120 Bass, made in Germany, Amazing Accordion, Case, 1088 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
www.ebay.com
So its name is "Campania" in correct spelling. Yes, I had one of that once upon a time. But I am not disappointed now, I am happy that I'll have a better one if it will be arrived...
But as you can see, both of them has pearl-like color/exterior. So yes, I have chosen based on emotional factors, for the most part. I admit! But I think this is not a problem, because it is important to love our musical instrument.
 
Hi everybody... BIG HAPPINESS! Namely, Radjkumari arrived today!
So, my Royal Standard Montana piano accordion, but I named it Radjkumari, which means "Royal Princess" in Hindi language.
(No, I do not speak that language...)
Well, it is really an "used item", there are some minor scratches on the exterior, and the bellows maybe has some minor hole(s) too, or the hole are on other place, I don't know but it seems it is not tight enough. But anyhow, it is definitely an "usable" item, and as the most important thing: I am satisfied with her voice!
Openly speaking, I - being an almost absolutely beginner - do not even deserved a better item...
So, I decided, this Radjkumari will be my "second piano accordion" in the future, when I'll have more skill and buy a much better PA... But, that goal is really in the far, far future...
Today I've played on it approx. 1.5 hours. Well, it can be seen clearly that in the last 30 years while I did not use PA I am definitely out of training... (I mean, the treble side because I never ever knew to use the bass side).
But, at the end of that 1.5 hour long practice, I was far better than on the beginning... so, surely, I kept some memories in my nervous system about the past...
Yet my performance would be shame to be presented for the public... Okay, but at least not the absolute zero level! I mentioned this because in the last days I saw a youtube video where an "influencer" got a piano accordion, as a "challenge" how she can learn to play on it after a whole week practice. Well, she was a real beauty, but her result as far as the playing are concerned was in sharp contrast with her exterior... Because, after that week she could play on the PA simply NOTHING. Not even a single childish song. No any recognizable melody or so on...
Well, I am lightyears better than she... So, I am not only not hopeless but rather satisfied. Especially, because today I had been working 11 hours and could to play on my PA only after that, so, when I was very exhausted and without energy already!
So, I am very happy today, guys!
 
Have fun with your new toy. Learn to play and only when the minor problems (like air loss) start really bothering you is it time to look for a repairer who can fix it. (Air loss is essentially always fixable.)
 
It's good to hear your excitement over the new arrival and the anticipated pleasure of having a PA once again.
It would seem that the accordion and the transaction more than meet your hopes.
 
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