Pancordion Video Accordion?

[Tom Garber]

Hi came across this Accordion that says video on the front and it has 31 stamped inside. Can anyone tell me more information about this accordion?

Thanks

[Alan Sharkis]

Video was a product line from Pancordion. I played one when I was a
kid. They were, for the most part, export-quality instruments,
although Pancordion had a factory in the US, which I visited as a kid.

As I remember it, the treble reeds were machine-made; nothing special.
I had one that was octave-tuned LMH with seven registers in the
treble. The treble switches were chromed and not marked.

The bass had four registers selectable by two toggle switches, again
unmarked, but there was an indicator on the top of the bass side to
tell you which combinations of reeds were selected. I'm not sure what
the "31" inside would indicate, but there was usually a model number
embossed into the celluloid on the back of the accordion and that
could be more telling.

There are people here who could probably give you more information if
they could see a picture of the accordion, but this is not a binary
newsgroup so posting a picture here would not be possible. Instead,
you could post the picture elsewhere and post a link to that picture
here.

I hope this helps.

Alan

On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 19:16:45 -0700 (PDT), Tom Garber

Post by Tom Garber
Hi came across this Accordion that says video on the front and it has 31 stamped inside. Can anyone tell me more information about this accordion?
Thanks

[Ike Milligan]

Post by Alan Sharkis
Video was a product line from Pancordion. I played one when I was a
kid. They were, for the most part, export-quality instruments,
although Pancordion had a factory in the US, which I visited as a kid.
As I remember it, the treble reeds were machine-made; nothing special.
I had one that was octave-tuned LMH with seven registers in the
treble. The treble switches were chromed and not marked.
The bass had four registers selectable by two toggle switches, again
unmarked, but there was an indicator on the top of the bass side to
tell you which combinations of reeds were selected. I'm not sure what
the "31" inside would indicate, but there was usually a model number
embossed into the celluloid on the back of the accordion and that
could be more telling.
There are people here who could probably give you more information if
they could see a picture of the accordion, but this is not a binary
newsgroup so posting a picture here would not be possible. Instead,
you could post the picture elsewhere and post a link to that picture
here.
I hope this helps.
Alan
On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 19:16:45 -0700 (PDT), Tom Garber

Post by Tom Garber
Hi came across this Accordion that says video on the front and it has 31 stamped inside. Can anyone tell me more information about this accordion?
Thanks

That's interesting. I once had a Video accordion from the 1930's that
didn't say Pancordion. It was pretty good. Maybe Pancordion took the name.

[Alan Sharkis]

On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 11:26:51 -0400, Ike Milligan

Post by Ike Milligan

Post by Alan Sharkis
Video was a product line from Pancordion. I played one when I was a
kid. They were, for the most part, export-quality instruments,
although Pancordion had a factory in the US, which I visited as a kid.
As I remember it, the treble reeds were machine-made; nothing special.
I had one that was octave-tuned LMH with seven registers in the
treble. The treble switches were chromed and not marked.
The bass had four registers selectable by two toggle switches, again
unmarked, but there was an indicator on the top of the bass side to
tell you which combinations of reeds were selected. I'm not sure what
the "31" inside would indicate, but there was usually a model number
embossed into the celluloid on the back of the accordion and that
could be more telling.
There are people here who could probably give you more information if
they could see a picture of the accordion, but this is not a binary
newsgroup so posting a picture here would not be possible. Instead,
you could post the picture elsewhere and post a link to that picture
here.
I hope this helps.
Alan
On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 19:16:45 -0700 (PDT), Tom Garber

Post by Tom Garber
Hi came across this Accordion that says video on the front and it has 31 stamped inside. Can anyone tell me more information about this accordion?
Thanks

That's interesting. I once had a Video accordion from the 1930's that
didn't say Pancordion. It was pretty good. Maybe Pancordion took the name.

Hello Ike,

At the time that my parents bought the Video accordion for me, early
fifties, Pancordion was making three lines; one under the name
Pancordion, another under the name Video, and a third under the name
Crucianelli.

Given the way Italian accordion manufacturers came and went and names
were sold, traded, etc., it's entirely possible that the Video product
was origninally owned by somebody else. For what it's worth, I vaguely
remember reading an interview with Faithe Deffner in which she said
that it was Pancordion's line at a time when she owned Pancordion.

On the other hand, I've seen pictures of what I assume to be older
Video accordions that did not have the grille design or other external
features that mine had.

Maybe somebody else can shed some light on this subject.

Alan

[Ike Milligan]

Post by Alan Sharkis
On Sun, 7 Aug 2016 11:26:51 -0400, Ike Milligan

Post by Ike Milligan

Post by Alan Sharkis
Video was a product line from Pancordion. I played one when I was a
kid. They were, for the most part, export-quality instruments,
although Pancordion had a factory in the US, which I visited as a kid.
As I remember it, the treble reeds were machine-made; nothing special.
I had one that was octave-tuned LMH with seven registers in the
treble. The treble switches were chromed and not marked.
The bass had four registers selectable by two toggle switches, again
unmarked, but there was an indicator on the top of the bass side to
tell you which combinations of reeds were selected. I'm not sure what
the "31" inside would indicate, but there was usually a model number
embossed into the celluloid on the back of the accordion and that
could be more telling.
There are people here who could probably give you more information if
they could see a picture of the accordion, but this is not a binary
newsgroup so posting a picture here would not be possible. Instead,
you could post the picture elsewhere and post a link to that picture
here.
I hope this helps.
Alan
On Fri, 5 Aug 2016 19:16:45 -0700 (PDT), Tom Garber

Post by Tom Garber
Hi came across this Accordion that says video on the front and it has 31 stamped inside. Can anyone tell me more information about this accordion?
Thanks

That's interesting. I once had a Video accordion from the 1930's that
didn't say Pancordion. It was pretty good. Maybe Pancordion took the name.

Hello Ike,
At the time that my parents bought the Video accordion for me, early
fifties, Pancordion was making three lines; one under the name
Pancordion, another under the name Video, and a third under the name
Crucianelli.
Given the way Italian accordion manufacturers came and went and names
were sold, traded, etc., it's entirely possible that the Video product
was origninally owned by somebody else. For what it's worth, I vaguely
remember reading an interview with Faithe Deffner in which she said
that it was Pancordion's line at a time when she owned Pancordion.
On the other hand, I've seen pictures of what I assume to be older
Video accordions that did not have the grille design or other external
features that mine had.
Maybe somebody else can shed some light on this subject.
Alan

Most likely Pancordion would have been using the same factory the
Video use to be made in, at least for those.

[Excelsior960]

hi Ike

hi Alan

Video is also a PLACE in Italy, and back in
the really old days as you know there were tons of
tiny little new accordion shops springing to life
all over Itasly, and often the town or region name
was on the front prominently

Faithe and i chuckled once over how most
people in the USA assumed it was a
reference somehow to something "visual"
when her thought while naming the extra "brand"
was in fact a "place" she had visited...

the line was created in response to her Dealer Network
being so well populated at the time, they needed some
"elbow room" to help prevent price wars in crossover
dealer regions... hence the older dealers had the "Pan"
while others were offered the "Video"

Titano and Titan also helped keep things spaced

ciao

Ventura

and Happy Holidays

[w***@gmail.com]

Post by Excelsior960
hi Ike
hi Alan
Video is also a PLACE in Italy, and back in
the really old days as you know there were tons of
tiny little new accordion shops springing to life
all over Itasly, and often the town or region name
was on the front prominently
Faithe and i chuckled once over how most
people in the USA assumed it was a
reference somehow to something "visual"
when her thought while naming the extra "brand"
was in fact a "place" she had visited...
the line was created in response to her Dealer Network
being so well populated at the time, they needed some
"elbow room" to help prevent price wars in crossover
dealer regions... hence the older dealers had the "Pan"
while others were offered the "Video"
Titano and Titan also helped keep things spaced
ciao
Ventura
and Happy Holidays

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