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[Phil5585]

I have finally landed with both feet!! I have skimmed info from the site in the past...especially about Chinese made accordions and a certain Music store in Wisconsin. Alas I came too late, and bought two Excaliburs from that location (chromatic and Diatonic)....they have been good-- so far; I started with a Hohner Corso....one of my friend's father was a passionate player / collector and he "tricked" me into playing it (I played harmonicas for years, so playing a button diatonic G/C was no trick). I also had a friend who had a Creole style button box-he let me play around with it. My "Corso" friend enticed me further.....I now own a beautiful Strasser Styrian Accordion, which was barely played by his dad (he passed a couple of years ago; was an excellent accordionists). I have a Hohner 1304 Student accordion....it has its limitations, but I wouldn't dismiss it completely out of hand. In the future I want to purchase an Italian 41/ 120 accordion made in the Castelfidarro region- No Hohners, Weltbesten, Sofia Mari "stuff". So that's my intro and where I am headed.

 

[Dingo40]

Welcome Phil!

 

[Simon Max]

Welcome and good luck on finding your preferred instruments.

 

[dunlustin]

Welcome - Your intro' oozes excitement. Definitely worth the two exclamation marks.
There will be lots more to come.

PS diatonic or CBA. So hard to choose .

 

[Phil5585]

Welcome - Your intro' oozes excitement. Definitely worth the two exclamation marks.
There will be lots more to come.

PS diatonic or CBA. So hard to choose .

I want to get a well-made Italian piano accordion; as I mentioned, I have a Strasser and have been playing Diatonic and PA since 2020.....my Covid 2019 therapy!! My rational is that since Hohner high end PAw are made in italy, why not go italian???

 

[Dingo40]

In the future I want to purchase an Italian 41/ 120 accordion made in the Castelfidarro region-

All mine are 41/120 Italian made in the Castelfidardo region. No regrets!
There's a lot to choose from!
Regrettably, in recent times, many with Italian sounding maker's names are actually made in China, as are some with well-known German names: buyer be aware!