Old review for my Salterelle Nuage
I bought this box because my 10 year old Castagnari Tommy was getting a bit past its sell by date and because I liked the sound I was hearing from the likes of Brian Peters, Tim Edey etc.
It has the following advantages over most equivalent price boxes:
- Three stops in the treble end, I like the L+M sound particularly and find it useful for song accompaniment to give depth without volume.
- It has two stops in the bass, I love the sound of the bass chords with the thirds out and the removal of the low bass gives a good bass sound without too much volume.
- Of course if you switch everything on its one hell of a loud box so good for Morris.
It has a
23 button treble to give both low notes and accidentals. Some might find the accidentals a bit of a stretch.
The flat keyboard took a small amount of getting used to but now I find the stepped keyboards more awkward and slower. The finish is a little bit flakey up against Castagnari but the cost is commensurately lower and it in no way affects the playability or the sound.
I've only had it two months and expect that there is still some playing in to come, some of the higher octave reeds are a little slow to speak or a little quiet sometimes. If this does not sort itself in the next few months I will get it looked at by the supplier (
Music Room - Cleckheaton, a very nice bunch of people).
So overall a very good value for money box with a really good sound.
I stand by what I said so am happy for it to be published if no one else has any thing to add