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Malcolm Clapp

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For the melodeon player who has everything....
« on: April 21, 2017, 02:43:20 PM »

I bet Charlie Marshall doesn't stock these....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accordion-real-bullet-buttons-for-gabbanelli-and-all-italian-/232309084296?hash=item3616b35088:g:68UAAOSwtZJY-fxp




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Re: For the melodeon player who has everything....
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2017, 04:10:08 PM »

I'm sure one of our more experienced hands will correct me, but seems like both Savoy and Martin, at least early on, offered .45 cartridge buttons.  And it seems like I have also seen them as a homemade "fix" for busted buttons, in LA (i.e. lower Alabama)
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Re: For the melodeon player who has everything....
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2017, 04:58:39 PM »

Hope they took the primer out - one case of where you don't want more bang for your buck
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Re: For the melodeon player who has everything....
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2017, 12:08:07 PM »

I bet Charlie Marshall doesn't stock these....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Accordion-real-bullet-buttons-for-gabbanelli-and-all-italian-/232309084296?hash=item3616b35088:g:68UAAOSwtZJY-fxp

  $200.00 !!! You could get the real ones for free if you buy a bag of flour from Walmart.  8)




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