Post by s***@gmail.comI have an accordion that I'm trying to find the value of. It looks
like it says "Williams" but I can't find any companies named that. If
anyone has suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it!
Part of the problem is that many who taught accordion bought
instruments from a then current maker branded to their name, so you are
unlikely to trace that name back to who really made it -- unless someone
knows who made it and when.
Probably a rough idea of where you are (city or nearest big
city) might help someone identify it -- assuming that it was not moved
across the country with its owner sometime after it was purchased.
And even if you had a lot more details than you have given (how
many bass buttons, how many switches to select different combinations of
banks of reeds, and other things -- this still does not cover evaluating
the actual condition of it, which can have a *serious* impact on its
value.
It does not seem that you are a player (your username suggests
that you buy the contents of old storage lockers, so you probably got it
this way), so you would not be attuned to spotting problems -- and some
might get past the typical player even.
Some things (like re-waxing the reeds) can make a big difference
in playabilty.
Other things -- like mildew -- can make it sufficiently
unpleasant to play, even if it sounds good -- to significantly lower the
value.
If it is a re-branded one as I described above -- it is not
likely to have ever been a top-of-the-line instrument. You can
probably guess that it is not worth much less than $25.00 -- and
probably not worth more than $900.00 unless you really lucked out.
But -- nobody who is qualified to assign a price to it will be
likely to do so without hands-on examination.
Good Luck,
DoN.
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