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- Made in Italy in 1968, Model 1500
- Fabulous Hand-Made Binci Reeds
- Factory amplification - Separate Volume controls for treble and bass; 1/4" jack pickup
- 4 sets of treble reeds - LM1M2H
- The accordion will come to you custom tuned to your preferences. Currently the out-of-chamber M2 reeds are a little sharp to produce a mild tremolo/swing sound in the reed combinations using both sets of middle reeds (MM). It could be completely concert tuned or have more pronounced musette.
- 5 sets of bass reeds
- DOUBLE TONE CHAMBER (CASSOTTO) - Bassoon (L) and Clarinet (M1)
- 5 sets of bass reeds
- 41 keys, 19.25 " keyboard - walnut keyboard - smooth key top edges
- 14 treble switches - Bassoon (L), Bandoneon (LM1), Accordion (LM1M2), Organ (LH), Harmonium (LM1H), Celest (M1H), Master (LM1M2H), Musette (M1M2H), Cembal (M2H), Oboe (M2), Clarinet (M1), Violin (M1M2), Piccolo (H), and Off (all treble reeds are blocked, used for electronic sounds only). The switches highlighted in blue correspond to swing sounds. The Oboe (M2) is often called Sopran and is used for Serbian music. The remaining switches use only concert tuned reeds.
- 120 bass - beautiful golden pearl buttons (typical for Guerrini Superior 2 from that time period), each one surrounded by felt for very smooth and silent action
- 7 bass registers including "acoustic mite" - the chrome plating is nice and clean
- Comfortable 3" wide padded shoulder and bass straps
- Deep-fold bellows - huge volume - clean - excellent compression - all metal corners are perfect.
- Backpad for bellows protection
- Hard-shell case with internal padding
- 27.5 lb