In the mid-1960's, the Deffners purchased the Titano Accordion Company from Dorothy and Edward Traficante of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Here, Faithe Deffner was exposed to the intricacies of accordion construction and took this opportunity to initiate and influence developments in design to expand musical range and playing ease. Pancordion's list of craftsmen read like a Who's Who of the accordion world, dominated by names like Roberto and Archimedes Pancotti of the Excelsior family, Charles Magnanteís brothers John and Angelo, Pietro Frosiniís brother Natale and others. The Deffners owned Pancordion, Inc., an important US accordion manufacturing firm with factory facilities in Long Island City. Costa was a superb musician and teacher, and a leading studio accordionist and recording artist with big name bands such as Hugo Winterhalterís. She studied with Billy Costa on 48th Street in New York City, the Mecca of all music activity at the time. Although her early music training was on violin, she quickly familiarized herself with all aspects of the accordion, both musical and mechanical. Her background of public relations, marketing and journalism was a great asset to the company.
EXCELSIOR ACCORDION 26N FREE
This Titano's converter quint accordion uses the very same note sequence that accordionists already knew from their stradella basses without other free bass mechanism's added size and weight.į aithe Deffner became a dynamic force in the accordion world soon after she joined her late husband in his musical instrument firm in New York City. The Titano Palmer Convertor Virtuoso is the easiest and the most popular FreeBass converter system. TITANO 120 bass Accordion 2/4 Reeds 17' keyboard Accordian White & Gold GC. Results 1 - 14 of 14 - vintage titano accordion 120bass made in Italy. From the birthplace of the accordion, Castelfidardo, Italy, come the world famous Titano Accordions.
EXCELSIOR ACCORDION 26N SERIAL NUMBER
The serial number is 5270 but I can’t pin-point the age exactly.
Cheers Thanks both, but toffs do retros only. Does anyone have any ideas where I might be able to find one. Preferably with the number 10 (Baggio) on the back. Looking for vintage Italy shirt? Hi, I am looking to purchase the home (blue) kit that Italy wore in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Ubaldo Gabbanelli took over (or re-founded) the company from his father, Elio Gabbanelli in 1966. Formerly Ubaldo, and now Elio II Gabbanelli Accordions from Castelfidardo, Italy, produces diatonic accordions, piano accordions and chromatic button accordions.
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