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Author Topic: Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.  (Read 9570 times)

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Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.
« on: June 08, 2008, 04:29:42 PM »

Hello....Just picked up this Paolo Soprani and was tring to find the year it was made. Does anyone have a good source to identify antique accordions?
Thanks for your time.
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Re: Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2008, 05:35:17 PM »

can you show us a pic?
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Re: Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 09:31:17 PM »

how many stars on the logo ?
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Re: Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2008, 10:34:06 PM »

Han Speek has some information.
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Re: Trying to identifty the year this Paolo Soprani was made.
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2008, 02:03:57 AM »

Basic rules: (correct me if I'm wrong)

All years are approx.
1900-1920 Wooden box with open keyboard.
1920's 1930's- wooden box with small buttons, some bare wood, some painted crazy colours
1930's - start of plastic covered cabinet. Large logo either in writing or inlaid in stones. Small buttons.
1940's early 50's- famous greys. Small buttons, the well known small logo, and aluminium grill
mid 50's - about 1960 - red boxes with blue badge
1960's - red boxes with red badge and small lettering "paolo soprani"
1970's - larger lettering of "paolo soprani"
1980's - the end of the "real" paolos, large italic lettering, after mid 80's the boxes were made by bafetti, same name, different instrument.
2000's - jubilee came along.

A picture would help a lot. The above are estimates - some boxes vary from the mainstream production of the time.
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