Dear Accordion Friends,

There are many nice instruments that can keep us satisfied and inspired. However, once you come across an exceptional quality accordion you know it from the first chord you play! We all deserve to find our ultimate accordion, the accordion we will never part with. Fortunately, we have different preferences and this makes the accordion world as exciting and colorful it is. I have found MY sacred accordion and I know how great it feels to be able to hear that dream sound each time you play. I am sure someone will soon feel the same way about the accordion I am presenting to you now.

This full size professional accordion is a very special instrument of exceptional quality! As the great accordion craftsman Aldo Mencaccini says, these accordions were built to last forever. According to the Bell catalog "The reeds are closely seated on individual duraluminum plates - then mounted on walnut-faced, highly varnished reed blocks. They "speak" immediately upon command - with tremendous carrying power for every subtlety of tone, from the most delicate to the most dynamic. The superlative quality of these reeds and the careful precision fitting of each read plate are a significant part of the reason for the beauty of Bell's tone."

I believe this was a custom-made accordion. It has serial number 1 and is the only one of its kind I have seen in more than 20 years of restoring accordions. The body is the same as on the Symphony model. However, there is no tone chamber. The resonant accordion body is crafted from aged mahogany and along with the brass sound boards serves as an extended resonant chamber, in a sense a tone chamber for all reeds. The tone modulator is wooden and of high quality, encompassing all treble valves like in the American-made Excelsior Symphony Grand models. The effect is absolutely indistinguishable from a tone chamber when you close the tone modulator. When I played this instrument before I purchased it I was convinced it was a chamber model based on its tonal character. Last month I serviced this Bell and was surprised a non-chambered accordion could produce such a rich deep warm tone. The Binci reeds are fabulous. The reed configuration is LMMH with a concert tuning. The accordion has been loved and maintained in great condition over the years.

• Serial Number 1, either made in USA or made in Italy and assembled in the USA (no explicit labels)
• Fantastic Hand Made BINCI Professional reeds
  
• 4 treble sets of reeds - LM1M2H
• Concert tuned
• 5 sets of bass reeds
  
• Tone Modulator - creates a beautiful sonority  - follow the link below to hear sound samples
• 41 keys, 19-1/4" keyboard - American walnut keys with ivory-finished key tops, soft to the touch, excellent keyboard action
  
• 12 treble switches (2 of them are for the tone modulator): Open, Bassoon (L), Accordion (LM1M2), Bandoneon (LM1), Harmonium (LM₁H), Organ (LH), Musette (M1M2H), Violin (M1M2), Oboe (M2), Clarinet (M1), Piccolo (H), and Close

• Palm Master (LMMH)
  
• 22 different treble reed sounds with the modulator open and closed - sound samples available
  
• 120 bass - noise free bass machine
• 7 bass registers including two that allow for playing only the lowest octaves BASS and TENOR bass reeds
  
• Large volume air tight, clean bellows with mahogany frame  - "Bellows are deep fold type for greater air capacity - precision fitting throughout avoids air loss."
• Amplified - treble microphones work fine; the cable connecting bass microphones is missing - will find one and confirm status on bass microphones
• Excellent new straps
• New back-pad
• 25 lb
• Very good hard case with internal padding and cover for keyboard protection (new soft gig-bag available on request)
• Serviced in May 2020

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