Titano Emperor ,extended keyboard , freebase, and tone chambered weighs in at 35lbs.
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Dingo40
Been here for ages!
Phew!
PeterF
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I had an Emperor for a while, but it was too much of a beast for me even when I was in my mid-40s. I never weighed it but it was big and bulky. 35 lbs sounds heavy but mine was at least 30, I think.
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Vladimir M.
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Hello landro!
You can be glad that accordions have not been affected by legislation combined with progress, as is the case with cars, watches, and cell phones. Because in that case, the weight of the box would be increased by the built-in intelligent systems:
- alcohol detector in player's breath
- detector of accordionist fatigue with integrated bellows immobilizer
- sensory system for reeds and valves with automatic fault indicator exclusively to authorized service with ISO 9001 certificate
- automatic electronic contactless blood pressure and pulse measurement system for accordionists with automatic first aid call for pressure higher than 190/130 and pulse higher than 150.
- automatic monitoring of the bellows opening speed,
- smart "acoustic protection of neighbors" function,
- integrated system with the impossibility of switching off: "comparison with copyright sound chains" with automatic payment for any playing of a copyrighted music,
Best regards,
Vladimir
Unless there's some clever AI way of compensating for the accordion being severely out of tune, I think this one's here to stay until the end of times.
35lb would be just shy of 16kg. That's not all that unusual for big boxes. Old Morino M models (and Artiste D series) are quite lighter than the Excelsior (and Pigini) built succeeding N and S series, so if one is in the market for such an instrument and has back problems, reverting to old models can be helpful. Bayans with their compound reed plates and many notes have a reputation of coming in really heavy.
noelekal
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Hello landro!
You can be glad that accordions have not been affected by legislation combined with progress, as is the case with cars, watches, and cell phones. Because in that case, the weight of the box would be increased by the built-in intelligent systems:
Be glad you don't live a century later, because it would be much harder.
- alcohol detector in player's breath
- detector of accordionist fatigue with integrated bellows immobilizer
- sensory system for reeds and valves with automatic fault indicator exclusively to authorized service with ISO 9001 certificate
- automatic electronic contactless blood pressure and pulse measurement system for accordionists with automatic first aid call for pressure higher than 190/130 and pulse higher than 150.
- automatic monitoring of the bellows opening speed,
- smart "acoustic protection of neighbors" function,
- integrated system with the impossibility of switching off: "comparison with copyright sound chains" with automatic payment for any playing of a copyrighted music,
Best regards,
Vladimir
Now that is some funny stuff right there.
The ubiquitous Nanny State meets accordion production.
When I got my Morino, I knew it was heavy, but never really measured the weight. When I brought my Gola in to the family, I felt a difference, but now wanted to know which was heavier and by how much.
My Gola comes in at a hefty 33lbs but the winner is the Morino, at over 34.5lbs. I am happy to say that I am still comfortable with both and play them regularly... but when I play something like my Roland or the Petosa or the Scandalli, it's so light that it takes me time to get used to the lack of weight as I'm flinging them around when putting them on... lol
My Gola comes in at a hefty 33lbs but the winner is the Morino, at over 34.5lbs. I am happy to say that I am still comfortable with both and play them regularly... but when I play something like my Roland or the Petosa or the Scandalli, it's so light that it takes me time to get used to the lack of weight as I'm flinging them around when putting them on... lol
Dingo40
Been here for ages!
During a segment of the "Antiques Roadshow" ( on TV) yesterday, there was exhibited a very solidly made, metal bound wooden box containing a sturdy integral wwii Special Operations Executive clandestine Morse code radio transceiver (made to survive a parachute drop behind enemy lines) also weighing 35 lbs.
It made me think of the Titano Emperor in this thread!
It made me think of the Titano Emperor in this thread!
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Because Venanzio Morino was a learned carpenter. Your instrument contains a number of different wood types, several different ones alone in the reed blocks. Some of them are more expensive than others, and the joints are carefully designed and executed and the grain of the individual pieces is oriented according to its function. When Hohner moved Morino manufacturing to Italy (late sixties?), the body was redesigned internally to match Excelsior's constructions and workflows.
Modern instruments contain CNC-milled parts made with programs from people who rarely touch wood. If you take a cheap Chinese quitter violin (I cannot call it in good conscience a "beginner" violin since I cannot imagine those things to inspire continuation) in your hands, you will be struck by its large weight compared to a good instrument. CNC-milling all those parts instead of working with the strength and direction of individual work pieces requires quite thicker parts so that the instrument does not snap into pieces under string tension.
Light accordions are having kind of a comeback these days, but I think that the percentage of wood in their construction has dropped.
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