Info: Zupan in, Petosa out

[Craig and Jill Carlile]

I recently made another pilgrimage to "petosa" accordions in Seattle and,
except for Jill sitting patiently reading a magazine, would have listened
to Carl Petosa explaining comparative constructions and tuning, etc. for
as long as he was willing to talk. I finally got a price list along with
some descriptive literature on their models and would be happy to share it
in summary with whomever desires it. Probably, general distribution on
the newsgroup would not be polite.
Further, very little seems to be said about Zupan accordions. Toby seems
to like them, although I think he plays an Excelsior. I heard one at a
cellar haus in Leavenworth, WA, and liked the Continental sound and the
wood and inlay look.
Who knows about Zupan? What the price range is and where they are made?
Thanks, Craig

[Toby Hanson]

In article <5jrd5o$hv3$1...@barad-dur.nas.com>, Craig and Jill Carlile
<car...@nas.com> wrote:

Zupan accordions are made in Italy and commonly played in Slovenia,
especially the Zupan button boxes which are, for my money, the superior
Slovenian-style button boxes. Zupans are incredibly light and
well-constructed. I tried one that Gale Evans got on loan from a music
store in Victoria, BC (Tempo Trend Studios, I think). It's a great
accordion with a gorgeous tone and it plays extremely well. Zupan in high
on my list of favorite accordions, up there with PANcordion and
Excelsior. Gale Evans is seriously considering replacing her large Petosa
with a smaller, lighter Zupan. I believe Richie Yurkovich of Wisconsin
regularly plays a Zupan. I don't have any price info but if you call Tom
Demski at Spano Accordions (206) 946-0338 he would probably be able to
tell you more about it.

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-Toby Hanson
jtha...@aa.net
http://www.aa.net/~jthanson
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[Brian]

Craig and Jill Carlile wrote:
>
> I recently made another pilgrimage to "petosa" accordions in Seattle and,
> except for Jill sitting patiently reading a magazine, would have listened
> to Carl Petosa explaining comparative constructions and tuning, etc. for
> as long as he was willing to talk. I finally got a price list along with
> some descriptive literature on their models and would be happy to share it
> in summary with whomever desires it. Probably, general distribution on
> the newsgroup would not be polite.
> Further, very little seems to be said about Zupan accordions. Toby seems
> to like them, although I think he plays an Excelsior. I heard one at a
> cellar haus in Leavenworth, WA, and liked the Continental sound and the
> wood and inlay look.
> Who knows about Zupan? What the price range is and where they are made?
> Thanks, Craig

I recently looked at Zupans and I am considering buying one. They are
extremely light and they have a great mussette. Robert Rom is a dealer
of Zupan Accordions. You can E-mail him at GoL...@AOL.Com. He also
handles the Limex Midi Systems.

Brian

[Joe Ruszkiewicz]

I played a Zupan in Germany and enjoyed it, but I liked the richer sound of
the Petosa more.
Craig and Jill Carlile wrote in article <5jrd5o$hv3$1...@barad-dur.nas.com>...

[Toby Hanson]

Joe Ruszkiewicz wrote:
>
> I played a Zupan in Germany and enjoyed it, but I liked the richer sound of
> the Petosa more.
> Craig and Jill Carlile wrote in article <5jrd5o$hv3$1...@barad-dur.nas.com>...
>

> >Further, very little seems to be said about Zupan accordions. Toby seems
> >to like them, although I think he plays an Excelsior.

Tonight at the Northwest Accordion Society Social in Burien there was a
very talented player named Cotsie Gobley who played a Zupan. She played
primarily Cleveland-style polkas (she's a member of the Penn-Ohio Polka
Pals) and they sounded great. One of the things I found that I liked
about it most was the bass. It had a nice, rich, full bass (not New
York Excelsior rich, but satisfying). I don't know how well Zupan is
suited to your style of playing, but for what she was playing it was
great.

As long as I'm talking about the social I might as well mention that we
had a special guest tonight: Jon Persson, just back from Florida, played
some of his favorites for us. He played not only free-bass piano
accordion but also bayan. He did the Rachmaninoff Polka italien and
Russian Sailor's Dance. His artistry is unmatched in the Pacific
Northwest. He also has a really cool car, a 1976 Buick Electra 225.
His bayan is a Russian Jupiter and his free-bass PA is a Tonaveri. Both
instruments have incredible bass, the Jupiter having the edge over the
Tonaveri.