One of the top professional accordions made in New York City up until the mid-1950's was the ACE accordion. Unmatched in quality and sound

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On 10/2/2017 4:48 PM, trfudala1@yahoo.com wrote:

One of the top professional accordions made in New York City up until the mid-1950's was the ACE accordion. Unmatched in quality and sound

The Acme accordion was also great. It was made in the same Italian
factory as Giulietti.

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On Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:20:01 UTC+13, sid wrote:

Hi

I've been checking out piano accordions on eBay lately and I'm getting overwhelmed. The list of brands reads like an Italian phone book.
The pictures might look good and the description might say "like new",
or "excellent tone", or "functions perfectly", but other than that, I
have little to tell a Hohner from a Rosetti.

What would be your list of the top ten best brands (any country of
origin)? I'm looking mostly at used instruments, so include historic
names.

A list of the bottom ten brands (junk) might be helpful too!

Thanks for any help.

sid

I have owned top accordions over the past 60 years. My list is Scandalli Titano Bugari Armando Beltrami Fratelli Crosio. The Fratelli Crosio is the best.

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On Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:20:01 UTC+13, sid wrote:

Hi

I've been checking out piano accordions on eBay lately and I'm getting overwhelmed. The list of brands reads like an Italian phone book.
The pictures might look good and the description might say "like new",
or "excellent tone", or "functions perfectly", but other than that, I
have little to tell a Hohner from a Rosetti.

What would be your list of the top ten best brands (any country of
origin)? I'm looking mostly at used instruments, so include historic
names.

A list of the bottom ten brands (junk) might be helpful too!

Thanks for any help.

sid

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On 1/24/2019 4:13 AM, colinhorsfall1@gmail.com wrote:

On Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:20:01 UTC+13, sid wrote:

Hi

I've been checking out piano accordions on eBay lately and I'm getting
overwhelmed. The list of brands reads like an Italian phone book.
The pictures might look good and the description might say "like new",
or "excellent tone", or "functions perfectly", but other than that, I
have little to tell a Hohner from a Rosetti.

What would be your list of the top ten best brands (any country of
origin)? I'm looking mostly at used instruments, so include historic
names.

A list of the bottom ten brands (junk) might be helpful too!

Thanks for any help.

sid

accordions are a service. not a commodity. that means you should buy
from a knowledgeable expert and not just go out and buy from a store or
an online listing. Brand names are only useful to experts as indications
of what to avoid. An accordion from a good brand could turn out to be
garbage.

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On 1/25/2019 7:31 PM, Ike Milligan wrote:

On 1/24/2019 4:13 AM, colinhorsfall1@gmail.com wrote:

On Saturday, 18 October 2008 07:20:01 UTC+13, sid  wrote:

Hi

I've been checking out piano accordions on eBay lately and I'm getting
overwhelmed.  The list of brands reads like an Italian phone book.
The pictures might look good and the description might say "like new",
or "excellent tone", or "functions perfectly", but other than that, I
have little to tell a Hohner from a Rosetti.

What would be your list of the top ten best brands (any country of
origin)?  I'm looking mostly at used instruments, so include historic
names.

A list of the bottom ten brands (junk) might be helpful too!

Thanks for any help.

sid

accordions are a service. not a commodity. that means you should buy
from a knowledgeable expert and not just go out and buy from a store or
an online listing. Brand names are only useful to experts as indications
of what to avoid. An accordion from a good brand could turn out to be garbage.

Here in the USA, unfortunately most experts are just poseurs of two
kinds. Self-deluded or crooks. If you have never played a topnotch
accordion, you would not know the difference, anyway.

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