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General Accordion Detroit - Concertina - Help

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FirstMoonStep

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Feb 12, 2003, 5:21:56 PM2/12/03
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We have from an estate a General Accordion Detroit concertina and we're looking
for info. The unit has three right-hand key-boards (ivory and black keys) and
120 bass. Any ideas? How much it might be worth?
Merlin Seel
firstm...@wmconnect.com

Peter MacDonald

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Feb 12, 2003, 8:59:03 PM2/12/03
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In article <20030212172156...@mb-mc.wmconnect.com>,
FirstMoonStep <firstm...@wmconnect.com> wrote:

My first idea is that if it has 3 keyboards and 120 bass, it ain't a
concertina.

Peter

Bryant E. Russell

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Feb 13, 2003, 9:13:29 PM2/13/03
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"FirstMoonStep" <firstm...@wmconnect.com> wrote in message
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I don't know that this helps establish a value, but I have sheet music with
a picture of Pietro Frosini on the front, with his three-right-hand
keyboards. If yours is similar, it's a pretty interesting item (and a piano
accordion, most likely).

Regards,

Bryant Russell
Plymouth, MI


Bryant E. Russell

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Feb 15, 2003, 7:46:05 AM2/15/03
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"Bryant E. Russell" <beru...@compuserve.comTHEOBVIOUS> wrote in message
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A kind member of this group emailed me the right answer:

"Frosini played a three-row chromatic, B system.
His buttons were actually key tips and the piano appearance was cosmetic to
fool the public into believing he was using a piano keyboard accordion.
So, in essence, the white key tips in three banks are like the three row
chromatic buttons.
The black keys are false notes.
To play the piano keyboard portion as such, is not possible."

I appreciate the correction, and share with the group (and thanks too!)

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