The quality was not the same I might add, which brings us to the reeds you spoke about. So you have a much later Excelsior and made by Italy-not New York. You spoke of tear-drop switches and those were placed on the Italian made instruments, initially the Excelsiola. So Excelsior was not sold but given up to the Italian factory it built 15 or so years before it closed in America. and sent it to the Excelsiola/Accordiana factory in Italy where it sat unopened for years, if not still unpacked. The Excelsior factory in New York existed until circa 1964. Their Excelsiola line (semi-professional quality) as well as their Accordiana line (student quality) were constructed in Italy within a factory built by Excelsior of New York.
With the replaced lowest bass reeds, it works fine and plays great overall.Įxcelsior of New York only constructed four models of Excelsior (professional quality). Reeds, and nothing to write home about in quality. Shaped switches on the front that were used prior to the company Work, and the steel was not so good, but the accordion had the tear drop They got off center from no apparent reason, didn't Several of the lowest pitched bass reeds were frankly garbage and notĮven wedge-shaped plates you find in the better low bass reeds fromīeyond the 1920's. Symphony grand had good treble reeds and had not been playe4d a lot, but In a least some accordions, than it did in the treble. I always suspected Excelsior oftewn put lower quality reeds in the bass I don't see the original message body here. Models using the 1 rocker shift per reedblock New York will likely remain among the most covetedĪnd legendary of all time for their many modern
#White excelsior accordion professional
Originated in the USA in New York shifted its production to Italy.Ĭompagnia Elettronica Mechanica EXcelsior = CEMEXĪt any rate, the 4 rocker shift professional models from Though i can certainly understand there may have been years,Įven decades, of "growing pains" as the company which but my opinion of their quality during theĭecades the brand flew under the CEMEX banner is top shelf Of course now the brand is srill part of the Pigini company (the clues in grillework changes are minute on the
#White excelsior accordion pro
Point did the Pancordion pro models become Italian made Similar to Excelsior, and also difficult to tell, at what Level accordions had differing scale designs and action placement) The same model plate regardless of what factory something This is in marked difference to so many other "brands" that would hang You notice in some things, the Excelsior Models (like the 304)Īctually enjoyed well over 50 years in actual continuous production,Īnd parts from a 50's model would fit on one from the 80's Line came from, as every detail of the body andĪction work of the bread and butter models was exectinglyĭuplicated. It can be difficult to tell which country the modern Other than clues you may find as a skilled repairman, Used and applied by the US factory on some pro models There is an chrome "electronic" grillework icon that was
Small details of difference as the changes were madeĪnd more and more build work and finioshing began The actual accordion building, hence you can notice The Italian Factory was being established and bodiesīegan to be made there then brought to New York for The modern grillework and curved arch shift mechanism, You can't do that with eBay any more since they deleteĭuring the Symphony Grand period of popularity with Repair and he used to re-use the photos and list them again if theyĭidn't work out. Junk parts in the palm switch and bad glue on the bass valve pallets,Ī guy brought me some symphony grands he bought off eBay in need of Treble reeds in them but saving money on the mechanical design by using Whoever first bought them out seems to have been using and old stock of Some of them had 6 sets of bass reeds and these may have been all good. Treble reeds than bass reeds throughout its history, but I wonder ifĪnyone here knows when the company was first sold and to whom. I was always of the opinion that Excelsior had generally used better Tear-dropped shaped switches, but the lowest set of bass reeds was junk I found a vintage-looking symphony grand in my storage bins with the
I know the NY Excelsior company first changed hands and quality sufferedĮven before the name was bought out by whoever is making the
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