Aldo Mencaccini, the founder and owner of BELL accordions (till 2006 when he retired) was one of my mentors in accordion restoration. I have a high respect for the man. With the first BELL accordions made in the 1950's in NYC Aldo established a very high quality standards for the brand. In the late 1950's the factory in NYC was closed and since then BELL accordions have been made in Italy under Aldo's personal supervision. Each accordion he sold in the USA was built to his specifications and was personally inspected.

The accordion features hand-made reeds, double tone chamber, elegant classic body, and flawless mechanics throughout. This fine acoustic instrument has Sennheiser condenser microphones and state of the art MusicTech MIDI with electromagnetic sensors and built-in sound card. The grill controller is fully programmed. There is also an optional wireless MIDI MusicTech package (transmitter and receiver).

• Made in Italy
• Excellent Hand Made Reeds
  
• 4 treble sets of reeds - LM1M2M3
• Musette tuned with the M2 and M3 reeds set at -16c and + 16 cents for classic Italian and French sounds
  
• 5 sets of bass reeds
  
• Double Tone Chamber (LM1)
• 41 keys, 19-1/4" keyboard - smooth pearl key tops, excellent action
  
• 11 treble switches allow you to select a variety of musette sounds as well as classic concert sounds

• Palm Master (LMMM)
• 120 pearl bass buttons - noise free bass machine  - 7 bass registers 
• Low G bass reed configuration
  
• Streamlined ergonomic design - 27 lb
• Bellows protector
• Comfortable 3" wide Italian shoulder and bass straps
• Good original case (new gig bag available on request)
  
• Sennheiser condenser amplification with separate treble and bass volume controls and a standard 1/4" pick-up
• Musictech "Music Maker" MIDI with electromagnetic sensors and built-in sound card, fully programmed and ready to enjoy; manual, power supply, and all necessary cables included
• Optional MusicTech wireless MIDI transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is a belt pack unit with a new battery. The receiver looks identical to the MusicTech "DIGISOUND MODULE" shown in the pictures below. This wireless package can be sold separately or purchased with this instrument (add $900). Here is a link to the description on Musictech's website: https://www.musictech-midi.it/eng/midi-systems/radio-midi/radio-midi-trx

This is a very well made professional accordion backed by the reputation of Bell Accordions' founder Aldo Mencaccini and recently serviced at the Accordion Gallery. This instrument combines excellent acoustic tonal quality with top of the line electronics and is suitable for any type of repertoire. The electronic features have been tested and work fine. The acoustic accordion is covered by a full year warranty serviced at the Accordion Gallery in Flemington, NJ.

Below is a link to a shared folder where you can hear sound samples of this  instrument. I suggest you listen with headphones. I split the presentation in 3 parts to keep the file size smaller. This way you can play the files online without the need to download them. The first part presents an overview of all treble and bass switches with brief sound samples. The second and third parts have various style of music played for fun and recorded from my desktop PC.

BELL Cassotto Musette Accordion - Sound Samples

Call 973-219-9259 for a demo or to schedule an appointment for an exciting visit to the Accordion Gallery.