cost of (piano) accordions

[r***@gmail.com]

Hello Ronal. I have a big interest on it. I can´t pay that full price, but ig you are open to offers, just let me know !!!

being isolated off in the Northwest, I was wondering what quality
instruments cost. The main local dealer, Petosa, tell me that my
instrument (a 30 year old Gian Scala, which is essentially a Petosa with
a different grill, as far as I can determine), has a replacement cost in
excess of $10,000.
(I bought it back in '82, from the late Joseph Spano, for considerably
less than that).
It's a great instrument (other than being too heavy), but are these
things really that expensive?
ronald

[ike milligan]

Post by r***@gmail.com
Hello Ronal. I have a big interest on it. I can´t pay that full price, but ig you are open to offers, just let me know !!!

being isolated off in the Northwest, I was wondering what quality
instruments cost. The main local dealer, Petosa, tell me that my
instrument (a 30 year old Gian Scala, which is essentially a Petosa with
a different grill, as far as I can determine), has a replacement cost in
excess of $10,000.
(I bought it back in '82, from the late Joseph Spano, for considerably
less than that).
It's a great instrument (other than being too heavy), but are these
things really that expensive?
ronald

A friend's wife bought him a new *popular Italian make*, and some of the
high reeds were slow to respond. I tried with limited success to fix it
by filling the chambers, but the problem was cheap reeds.
You are better off to buy an older accordion from someone who has played
it and can vouch for the reed quality.
She paid a dealer $7000 and he sold it to a talented teenager for $4500.
If you buy a new accordion get a custom job, and pay a little extra for
whatever "hand-made" reeds they put in them.