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History of Saltarelle?
Joel Summers:
Does anyone have any history or background on the company? I see that they started in 1984. Are they a French company where the accordions are made in Italy? I'll be starting on a B/C Saltarelle and would just like to know where my instrument came from. Thanks!
Theo:
They are a design and marketing business based in France. They have instruments made in Italy and have used different makers over the years. Information on which Italian firms are the actual makers is not easy to find. Likewise the makers of the reeds they use has varied over time, and the reeds are never marked with the red makers name.
triskel:
--- Quote from: Joel Summers on October 18, 2017, 03:36:38 PM ---Are they a French company where the accordions are made in Italy?
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They are indeed, and I guess (actual French makers) Maugein's slogan "Le fabricant qui fabrique" was aimed squarely at them!
--- Quote ---I'll be starting on a B/C Saltarelle and would just like to know where my instrument came from.
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If it's an early model of Nuage it would have been made by Serenellini (who still build them as their 233 De-Luxe) and those are considered the best of them, but most have been made by Dino Baffetti who've built most Saltarelles - though some models these days look similar to Mengascini ones.
Edited to remove s from Nuage - I must remember it's not the Django Reinhardt tune of that name... ::)
Graham Spencer:
Mine - 30-odd years old now - is definitely a Serenellini,and I was assured by the reputable dealer who sold it to me that the reeds are Binci. I have no proof of that - as Theo says, there's no maker's name on them - but they're sweet and loud and have given me no trouble in all the time I've owned the box. I've played later Saltarelles, but never found one as nice as my old Pastourelle II.
Graham
rees:
UK history:
I brought Saltarelle to the UK in 1985 to compliment the Castagnari range which I began importing in 1984.
The quality control was rather dubious so I handed the dealership to Rod Stradling who then invented the Sterling range. Nuage, etc.
Later it passed into the hands of what became The Music Room.
I'm not sure who has it now.
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