edy
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Hi,
I am a pianist who just recently picked up the accordion. I was helped by a wonderful professional accordionist to get my first accordion. He said it was in immaculate condition and recommended it for the size and weight for me at this stage of learning. It came from a Croatian family whose grandfather had played it and then it was passed to their uncle and eventually picked up by my accordionist acquaintance. Here it is:
It appears to be a Titano Dandy and the number on it says 4972. The place in the oval where it says serial number is blank, so I don’t know whether this 4972 is a serial number, model/style number, date code (like 49th week of 1972) or what. Does anyone have any idea? The accordion is approximately 17” outside dimension on keyboard including the red part. I don’t know how these are measured exactly, so if measuring only from edge of white keys maybe it’s 16”? Or is this considered a 17”?
I tried looking this up on internet and didn’t have too many results. There are a few differences in my accordion compared to most online pictures of Dandy’s. Most if not all Titano’s have the word “Titano” printed on that semi-circular “grill” adjacent to the keyboard also. Here is one with that writing on the grill:
It says Titano both on the top of the case near the bellows with sort of elongated tall thin font letters, and also on that semi-circular curved grill above the 2 buttons to select the sound. Mine doesn’t have any lettering on the grill but it has labels on the buttons indicating the sound.
This one looks more like mine:
Notice the semi-circular grill above the 5 sound selector buttons is more metallic in colour and doesn’t say “Titano” on it. Also the Titano written on the top is not as tall a font, similar to mine. However although this looks more like my accordion as far as the grill lettering, sound button labels and font mentioned previously, it has 5 sound buttons and mine has 2. Also notice above my sound buttons it says the name on clearly readable labels (Bandoneon and Clarinet) just like this one has labels.
What I’m wondering is if this accordion has been reconditioned at some point and parts borrowed from other models because some of these parts may be from other accordion models that may have fit. Perhaps the original letters fell off the grill so it was changed to a metal one that was available? The labels on the keys match those in the 5 button model but not the 2 button in the photo.
My accordionist acquaintance was shocked at the great condition of the instrument given it’s purported age. I still have no idea how old it is. I am excited to start playing it regardless of the history but it is interesting to find out if anyone else has come across such a model of Titano Dandy which may explain a time of manufacture since the design of the Titano lettering is different from other models.
Thanks for any insight you can provide! Looking forward to spending many hours a week with this red beauty!
I am a pianist who just recently picked up the accordion. I was helped by a wonderful professional accordionist to get my first accordion. He said it was in immaculate condition and recommended it for the size and weight for me at this stage of learning. It came from a Croatian family whose grandfather had played it and then it was passed to their uncle and eventually picked up by my accordionist acquaintance. Here it is:
It appears to be a Titano Dandy and the number on it says 4972. The place in the oval where it says serial number is blank, so I don’t know whether this 4972 is a serial number, model/style number, date code (like 49th week of 1972) or what. Does anyone have any idea? The accordion is approximately 17” outside dimension on keyboard including the red part. I don’t know how these are measured exactly, so if measuring only from edge of white keys maybe it’s 16”? Or is this considered a 17”?
I tried looking this up on internet and didn’t have too many results. There are a few differences in my accordion compared to most online pictures of Dandy’s. Most if not all Titano’s have the word “Titano” printed on that semi-circular “grill” adjacent to the keyboard also. Here is one with that writing on the grill:
It says Titano both on the top of the case near the bellows with sort of elongated tall thin font letters, and also on that semi-circular curved grill above the 2 buttons to select the sound. Mine doesn’t have any lettering on the grill but it has labels on the buttons indicating the sound.
This one looks more like mine:
Notice the semi-circular grill above the 5 sound selector buttons is more metallic in colour and doesn’t say “Titano” on it. Also the Titano written on the top is not as tall a font, similar to mine. However although this looks more like my accordion as far as the grill lettering, sound button labels and font mentioned previously, it has 5 sound buttons and mine has 2. Also notice above my sound buttons it says the name on clearly readable labels (Bandoneon and Clarinet) just like this one has labels.
What I’m wondering is if this accordion has been reconditioned at some point and parts borrowed from other models because some of these parts may be from other accordion models that may have fit. Perhaps the original letters fell off the grill so it was changed to a metal one that was available? The labels on the keys match those in the 5 button model but not the 2 button in the photo.
My accordionist acquaintance was shocked at the great condition of the instrument given it’s purported age. I still have no idea how old it is. I am excited to start playing it regardless of the history but it is interesting to find out if anyone else has come across such a model of Titano Dandy which may explain a time of manufacture since the design of the Titano lettering is different from other models.
Thanks for any insight you can provide! Looking forward to spending many hours a week with this red beauty!
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