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[unbeausaumon]

I'm not very familiar with accordions but I am trying to find out some information for my grandmother about an accordion that her father owned. I don't know what would be the correct part of the forum to post this in so I'm putting it in the general discussion.

It's a M. Hohner L'organola made in Germany. I need to look at the instrument some more to find anything like a serial number. I'm having a hard time finding information on the organolas. The only info I can find are about ones from 1938. I know for a fact though that this one is from before 1935. Her father got it before he ever got married and he got married in 1935. It's still playable (my grandmother was playing it the other day) and has the case. I think she wanted to find out its value if it has any.

Does anyone know anything about the organolas? Or know a site that I can be directed to that would tell me more?

[Theo]

L'organola was a name that Hohner used in the late 20s and into the 30s,  I think they may have inherited the name from one of the companies they bought out.  It was used on a variety of different models, I've seen it on a curved keyboard piano accordion,  and it was also used on more conventional model piano accordions,  and I think on button accordions too

If you can post a picture we may be able to pinpoint which version you have.

[Bill Young]

According to the Jimmy Shand biography, Hohner made a 3-row, 34 treble, 80-bass BCC# button accordion for Jimmy Shand in 1934. They labelled it "L'Organola", a name they had previously used for piano accordions. Jimmy Shand used it for his early Beltona recordings.

[Christopher K.]

In addition to the posh curved keyboard model, I've seen both a Hohner-built chromatic button accordion and a simple piano box (which was basically a Carmen) bearing the L'Organola name and sold through a US distributor.

[Fungusface]

There is an old guy named Jock Malcolm of Balmalcolm near Freuchie played a Organola fer years it was a 3 row and he was looking for a 2 row he has had before I listed his phone number in Flaxey Green and in Rees noticeboard for a whiley,he was only offered one but it was in Germany.as far as I know old Jock still wants one,he is about 86 he had played since he was 10.

[george garside]

Jimmy Shand played a  two row 23 treble 36 bass L'Organolla  in the early thirties & possibly made his first recordings  with it.  He moved on to a 3 row 80 bass  version in around 1934  & used this untill the prototype Shand Morino came in 1939

george