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I’m selling a full-size 20th-century modern high-end student or light professional Victoria brand piano accordion made in Italy. I don’t know when it was made but I estimate it is several decades old. It’s solid black in a classic celluloid finish with a grille and trim in a style I can describe only as a beautiful hybrid of space-age and art-deco. It plays perfectly and sounds great. At roughly 23 pounds (around 10.5 kg) with straps, ready to play, it has typical weight for a full-size piano accordion of its type.
See photos with lots of detail at https://photos.app.goo.gl/3iKzRNztRAvhy6a27
It’s located in San Francisco, California, USA.
Treble
- 41 keys
- 19.25-inch (48.9cm) keyboard (low F to high A)
- LMH, dry tuned
- 7 registrations (i.e., all possible) including master
Bass
- 120 Stradella (one of which is the air button)
- 5 sets of reeds
- Low C
- 4 registrations (master, bass piano, tenor, alto)
A442 Hz pitch reference.
Made in Italy, probably in Castelfidardo, Ancona Province. Uncertain year of manufacture.
I’m unsure whether the reeds are tipo-a-mano or hand-made; I would guess the former.
Comes with a hard case.
Includes straps and a bellows pad that attaches with snaps to the back of the instrument.
Functional Condition
Excellent, completely ready to play. Great compression, tight bellows, all reeds play correctly, all registrations work, no spurious tones, all keys and buttons operate smoothly with no sticking. Ventilli (reed valves) and boosters look very good with no major curling away from the reed plates (a few gaps at most 1mm or so).
Straps are original and are in very good condition.
Cosmetic Condition
Very good. Some minor blemishes (see photos), much too subtle to be noticed except on close examination. The instrument carries a very subtle odor of cigarette smoke from some past life. I am very sensitive to cigarette smoke and it doesn’t bother me, but it is detectable.
Reason for Selling
I bought this instrument because I think it’s visually irresistible and I needed an instrument to practice with in a remote location I was traveling to periodically for family reasons. The periodic travel has drawn to a close and the visual appeal alone isn’t enough to justify keeping this beautiful instrument because I lack the space. I’ve got too many accordions now and I need to thin the herd.
Story Time
I bought this instrument on Reverb (original listing, as long as it stays up) for $2000 plus shipping in April, 2023 and invested $60 plus shipping to add a back pad from Petosa. The seller on Reverb graded the instrument Excellent. It’s is in better condition functionally than when I bought it, and has no new cosmetic blemishes; I grade it Excellent functionally, Very Good cosmetically.
A Few Photos
(See album linked above for more.)
