Finding serial number on Hohner Corona?

[r***@mont-alto.com]

I've come across an old Hohner Corona II three-row button accordion in
D-A-G. I'm interested in finding out more about it -- where are the
serial numbers placed on these instruments? I've looked on the outside
and also inside the bellows area. The outside has a "Made in Germany"
stamp under the keyboard, but that's all I can find. Thanks...

Rodney Sauer
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
www.mont-alto.com

[Richard Morse]

Post by r***@mont-alto.com
I've come across an old Hohner Corona II three-row button accordion in
D-A-G. I'm interested in finding out more about it -- where are the
serial numbers placed on these instruments? I've looked on the outside
and also inside the bellows area. The outside has a "Made in Germany"
stamp under the keyboard, but that's all I can find.

They're not special enough to have serial numbers. If you can describe
it we could tell you more about it. What color wood or celluloid, color
of bellows (and patterned or solid), plastic or wood keyboard, what type
of left hand strap (cloth, leather), etc. They've made this model for
many decades. Or maybe the best thing would be to take some photos of it
and post the links here for us to see.

My feeling though, is that it's a fairly current one as I don't think
that their A/D/G boxes were imported into the US (I'm assuming that
you're in the US?) before about 1985 or so.

-- Rich --

[r***@mont-alto.com]

Post by Richard Morse

Post by r***@mont-alto.com
I've come across an old Hohner Corona II three-row button accordion in
D-A-G. I'm interested in finding out more about it -- where are the
serial numbers placed on these instruments? I've looked on the outside
and also inside the bellows area. The outside has a "Made in Germany"
stamp under the keyboard, but that's all I can find.

They're not special enough to have serial numbers. If you can describe
it we could tell you more about it. What color wood or celluloid, color
of bellows (and patterned or solid), plastic or wood keyboard, what type
of left hand strap (cloth, leather), etc. They've made this model for
many decades. Or maybe the best thing would be to take some photos of it
and post the links here for us to see.
My feeling though, is that it's a fairly current one as I don't think
that their A/D/G boxes were imported into the US (I'm assuming that
you're in the US?) before about 1985 or so.

Fair enough. I came across mention of an older one on ebay with a
serial number, so I was confused not to see one on my box. But if mine
was made at a later, more mass-produced time, that makes sense.

It's red celluloid. Orange bellows with sparkly golden tape on the
seams. (Who is arbiter of taste at Hohner, anyway?) No pattern other
than a slight canvas-like embossing on the orange bellows material. The
keyboard has a red celluloid "plate" that completely covers the top,
surrounding the buttons, attached with screws to black-painted wood
(visible on the edges and back). Left-hand strap is leather with
alternate screw-holes for adjusting it. Bellows clasps are leather with
grommits that hook over screws. There's a black seam line down the back
of the instrument. The fabric under the screen and visible through the
bass holes is rather ancient-looking and grimy, which is what lead me
to think that it's older than (perhaps) it is. Reeds sound fine, and to
my ear are tuned M-M. And yes, I'm in the U.S.

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity (I'm a piano accordion guy myself
and don't know much about these creatures...)

Rodney Sauer
Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra
www.mont-alto.com

[Richard Morse]

Post by r***@mont-alto.com

Post by Richard Morse

Post by r***@mont-alto.com
I've come across an old Hohner Corona II three-row button accordion in
D-A-G. I'm interested in finding out more about it

They're not special enough to have serial numbers. If you can describe
it we could tell you more about it.

It's red celluloid. Orange bellows with sparkly golden tape on the
seams. (Who is arbiter of taste at Hohner, anyway?) No pattern other
than a slight canvas-like embossing on the orange bellows material. The
keyboard has a red celluloid "plate" that completely covers the top,
surrounding the buttons, attached with screws to black-painted wood
(visible on the edges and back). Left-hand strap is leather with
alternate screw-holes for adjusting it. Bellows clasps are leather with
grommits that hook over screws. There's a black seam line down the back
of the instrument. The fabric under the screen and visible through the
bass holes is rather ancient-looking and grimy, which is what lead me
to think that it's older than (perhaps) it is. Reeds sound fine, and to
my ear are tuned M-M. And yes, I'm in the U.S.

Great description. I would say that that pegs your box in the mid
1950's. I would think that someone brought that over rather than having
bought it here though it's possible that it was a special order in
those keys.

Post by r***@mont-alto.com
Thanks for satisfying my curiosity (I'm a piano accordion guy myself
and don't know much about these creatures...)

You're welcome! I'm now mainly a concertina guy though I started out on
button accordion, and started our shop as dealing ONLY in button
accordions. Since we've spread out into other types of squeezeboxes. On
http://www.buttonbox.com/stocklist.shtml#3row you can see that we have a
couple of used Corona II models of much more recent vintage (and some
boxes considerable older). Those Corona II's are nice boxes and well
worth fixing up. If yours was nicely treated I'll bet it still sounds
great and plays well.

-- Rich --

[TommyMemphis]

You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

[Ricky Dietsch]

Post by TommyMemphis
You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

Off topic and conflicting.
Tommy, please stop. You are doing yourself a disservice.
Ricky

[alexrat]

Post by Ricky Dietsch

Post by TommyMemphis
You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

Off topic and conflicting.
Tommy, please stop. You are doing yourself a disservice.
Ricky

I agree with Ricky. Since I returned from a break in NYC, this forum
has turned into a near-constant flame war. Flaming is contrary to the
charter of RMMS. Stop it. Stop it. Stop. No, I don't care who started
what. Stop it. People will leave. The wrong people.
BOba

[Ike]

Post by alexrat

Post by Ricky Dietsch

Post by TommyMemphis
You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

Off topic and conflicting.
Tommy, please stop. You are doing yourself a disservice.
Ricky

I agree with Ricky. Since I returned from a break in NYC, this forum
has turned into a near-constant flame war. Flaming is contrary to the
charter of RMMS. Stop it. Stop it. Stop. No, I don't care who started
what. Stop it. People will leave. The wrong people.
BOba

He is in my killfile now. I don't have to bother with any kind of character
aspersions since any time anyone keeps doing it and won't stop they join the
club.Saves time and lowers stress.

[Russ Gray]

If you really want to date your box as accurately as possibe the Reyes
forum - which is pritty much all diatonic 3 row stuff is a great place.

http://www.reyesaccordions.com/site.htm

Look under history of the diatonic accordion. On of the posts there is
a history of the Corona II. Some of the things you look for are, is
the grill flat where it meets the box or flush, what shape and how many
feet.

You can even post a picture there to ask about it if you like.

Russ

[Bill]

Post by Russ Gray
If you really want to date your box as accurately as possibe the Reyes
forum - which is pritty much all diatonic 3 row stuff is a great place.
http://www.reyesaccordions.com/site.htm
Look under history of the diatonic accordion. On of the posts there is
a history of the Corona II. Some of the things you look for are, is
the grill flat where it meets the box or flush, what shape and how many
feet.

This is a very good article. To save searching, the exact URL is:
http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/gilbert27/vpost?id=886286

Bill

[bouzouki]

Post by Ricky Dietsch

Post by TommyMemphis
You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

Off topic and conflicting.
Tommy, please stop. You are doing yourself a disservice.
Ricky

Why don't you guys consider having this NG moderated? Nearly every NG I
go to there are "keyboard warriors" like this who have nothing to
contribute the topic of the NG.

[Ike]

Post by Ricky Dietsch

Post by TommyMemphis
You might want to ask our resident reed grinder, Ike. He knows
everything there is to know about Hohners. Except of course how to sell
one, but I digress.

Off topic and conflicting.
Tommy, please stop. You are doing yourself a disservice.
Ricky

You are feeding the troll. I would not have to see this trash if you didn't
reply, since he and his mentor are both in my killfile now.

[Dennis Gurwell]

How do I set up a killfile? I'm using the Mozilla Thunderbird
newsreader for Mac OSX.

Thanks
Dennis

Post by Ike
You are feeding the troll. I would not have to see this trash if you
didn't reply, since he and his mentor are both in my killfile now.

[Ike]

How do I set up a killfile? I'm using the Mozilla Thunderbird newsreader
for Mac OSX.
Thanks
Dennis

Post by Ike
You are feeding the troll. I would not have to see this trash if you
didn't reply, since he and his mentor are both in my killfile now.

Well, in MS Outlook Express, I highlight the subject line of the message,
click Message on the toolbar and click "Block sender". Then after I block
the sender a box comes up asking if I want to delete all the messages from
that sender that were already downloaded. In Tbird when I do that, I don't
see the option.
Bu5t I do see the option at the bottom of the list, "Create filter from
message". When I highlight the message, a box appears which seems to default
to blocking the sender by deleting the messages as they arrive.. Other
options are in drop-down boxes.

[Dennis Gurwell]

Thanks-

I looked under "Message" in Thunderbird and found a "Create Filter"
option that seems to do the same thing. You can set it up to block
messages based on a number of different criteria.

Post by Ike
Well, in MS Outlook Express, I highlight the subject line of the
message, click Message on the toolbar and click "Block sender". Then
after I block the sender a box comes up asking if I want to delete all
the messages from that sender that were already downloaded. In Tbird
when I do that, I don't see the option.
Bu5t I do see the option at the bottom of the list, "Create filter from
message". When I highlight the message, a box appears which seems to
default to blocking the sender by deleting the messages as they arrive..
Other options are in drop-down boxes.

[Alan Pemberton]

Post by Dennis Gurwell
How do I set up a killfile? I'm using the Mozilla Thunderbird
newsreader for Mac OSX.

Why not consider MacSOUP? <http://home.snafu.de/stk/macsoup/> It is an
extremely versatile newsreader-cum-email client and is highly regarded
amongst Mac users. It's shareware, but for a very small charge you get
excellent support from the author, and he doesn't get too grumpy when he
sees 'unregistered' versions around.

There is an extension of 'kill' called 'auto-kill' which removes all
follow-ups to kill-filed postings, so you don't get that annoying effect
of seeing folks rising to the troll bait.

[alexrat]

Post by Alan Pemberton

Post by Alan Pemberton
Why not consider MacSOUP? <http://home.snafu.de/stk/macsoup/> It is an

extremely versatile newsreader-cum-email client and is highly regarded
amongst Mac users. It's shareware, but for a very small charge you get
excellent support from the author, and he doesn't get too grumpy when he
sees 'unregistered' versions around.
There is an extension of 'kill' called 'auto-kill' which removes all
follow-ups to kill-filed postings, so you don't get that annoying effect
of seeing folks rising to the troll bait.

Someone else suggested MacSoup and I downloaded it. I like getting mail
digests of this group. Have for 10 years. Look forward to it. But if I
have to switch to a newsreader... it's sad really... just so I can
killfile the most annoying person here.

BOba