Titano grille embellishment

[KiwiSqueezer]

Not so much a 'How do I .....' as a 'Where do I .....'.

Once word gets around that there's a Mr Fixit in the neighbourhood, all sorts of demands pop up - and now people know I'm working on (my) accordions... Here's a problem that's come my way. It's another of those 'Can you just...', where an apparently trivial task gets progressively more frustrating: in this case, the sourcing of parts.

The pic shows, in its top left corner, one of the 'dogbone-shaped' grille embellishments is missing. Where would be the best place to start looking? Do Titano themselves hold parts for these models, is it worth contacting Deffner, anyone else? Does anyone in this neck of the woods know whether Titano's distributor in Auckland sells spares to Joe Bloggs? Apologies for asking before I've tried locally, but I'm lazy, and also trying to save time...

 

[debra]

Ask Victoria (in Castelfidardo). THey made this generation of Titano accordions and they (quite likely) may still have a bit of stock of these ornaments.

 

[Ventura]

if you really want to save time, simply remove the adjacent
dogbone so it all looks nice and even again

then he can keep using it and if you ever do find
an extra he can bring it back and you glue both on

 

[Dingo40]

if you really want to save time, simply remove the adjacent
dogbone so it all looks nice and even again

Just what I was thinking !
These are 40+ years old, so what are the chances?

 

[Ventura]

g'day Dingo

yes great minds think alike for makiing life easier !

 

[Ventura]

and actually if they flip off easily, i'd remove them all
and make it lighter weight

we don' need no steenkin' chrome.. this ain't the '50's anymore

 

[debra]

Just what I was thinking !
These are 40+ years old, so what are the chances?

The chances are pretty good because I already said I believe Victoria still has some, so if you ask nicely...