Trying to identify my grandfather’s accordion

[Case91]

Hello I’m new here and hoping this is the right place to post. I found my grandpas accordion cleaning out his stuff. I’ve looked up this accordion a dozen times already and haven’t found any useful information on it nor a picture of another one that looks like this one. It says salerno on it and Italy 2752 and that’s all. It’s got 41 keys and 120 buttons and it’s seems 2 reeds in back? My mom says she thinks he got it sometime in the early 70’sbut she isn’t exactly sure. I’m still new to this and trying to learn about it. Any help identifying it would be extremely helpful and any tips on where to buy new straps for it also. Thank you!

 

[Ventura]

interesting

well Salerno did not host any modern accordion builders,
so that nameplate would have been for personal reasons
of the importer or someone at the factory who maybe
came from there

the nearest Tarantelle to Salerno would be from Naples,
so you should learn to play that one !

it is actually a 3 reed treble.. one Low one Middle and one High sets of reeds,
though it is a bit unusual to see only 5 shifts for an LMH reedset, as the logical
number of shifts is 7 for that configuration.. so it suggests the accordion was
built during the period where shifts had not yet been standardized
(bassoon,, clarinet, piccolo are readable on the shifts)

however, the grill is a full style, while the earlier models had flat piece front grills
that fit onto endplates, so that suggests the 60's or later

while the box does not look dried out at all, which is good, the color of the
gold bass buttons is a bit dark, which might suggest it got a lot of Sun (UV)
so be careful if they start acting brittle (an occupational hazard of many Gold
sparkle button plastics)

i cannot hazard a guess to the brand.. hopefully the notes motif on the grill
cutouts will be recognized by someone

 

[Dingo40]

Welcome, Case91!
"Organ" and "Master " are also readable, so it's definitely LMH.
It does looks as if it is from the 1960s in good cosmetic condition.
Measure the distance outer edge to outer edge of the treble side white keys: if around 17 inches, it's a beginner's/youth's/ladies' size. If around
19", adult.
New straps are available in shops dealing in accordions and online ( enter: "accordion shoulder straps for sale near me ") and quote your keyboard length (see above) and number of bass buttons (120) when ordering.

 

[Tom]

Welcome Case! Hopefully your accordion is in good playable shape and brings you many years of fun music! It looks like one of many standard "student" accordions of its day, difficult to determine the actual factory of origin.

I, myself, have spent many wonderful days in beautiful Salerno, however without an accordion at hand, so this brings back good memories. It's possible that the original owner was from there, or, had a surname of Salerno as did some of my friends back in RI.

I have purchased these straps for my smaller accordions. They are a cheaper, but functional choice, which work, if you don't want to spring for the $100 leather ones.




Anyway, good luck! Please let us know how you get on.

Here is overlooking the city at night where you can even see the ferris wheel!

 

[tcabot]

I have what looks like the same cheap PU straps in black, and, while, as Tom said, they do the job, they look and feel like some weird low quality BDSM harness.
To be perfectly honest, I'd recommend getting good quality ones, even if they cost 3 times more.

 

[Pipemajor]

So you know how weird low quality BDSM harness feels?
Interesting

 

[losthobos]

So you know how weird low quality BDSM harness feels?
Interesting

Sweaty but the stains wipe off...

 

[Case91]

I apologize for taking so long to get back to you all but thank y’all so much for all info! I still have yet to track it down. I was told by an instrument repair place in my town that it could possibly be connected to scandalli but due to multiple owners of the company over the years that data and records were lost? I’m not sure but any info I find I will update and I’ll update on my learning. It’s probably gonna take awhile

 

[Tom]

Yup! Thing is, I WAS buying 3 of them, for 3 accordions I'll eventually sell or give away. Good enough for that!