Dear Accordion Friends, Thank you for your support throughout the years. Trusting me with the service of your accordion(s) or buying a new or serviced instrument from me allows me to do what I love. I have a passion for accordion music and for restoring as many of these fascinating instruments as I can. Thank you for allowing me to share this passion with you. I consider all of you fellow musicians fist and then customers. With many of you we've become friends over many years of collaboration. I truly appreciate your nice letters and feedback. I am looking forward to continuing my work with you and to meeting more accordionists.
Thereare many nice instruments that can keep us satisfied and inspired. However, once you come across an exceptional quality accordion you know it from the first chord you play! We all deserve to find our ultimate accordion, the accordion we will never part with. Fortunately, we have different preferences and this makes the accordion world as exciting and colorful it is. I have found MY sacred accordion and I know how great it feels to be able to hear that dream sound each time you play. I am sure someone will soon feel the same way about the accordion I am presenting to you now.
The Hohner Gola has earned the respect of many who have been fortunate to play one. Each of these rare instruments have been custom crafted to the specifications of the buyer. The company makes less than a dozen a year. The Gola remains the most expensive accordion and is believed by many to be the best. It combines the ultimate precision in mechanics with the most responsive reeds producing a magnificent tonal blend of treble and bass sounds. The harmonic richness, the warm clarinet sound, the chest-vibrating bassoon, the clear piccolo, the magic violin - all the reed combinations have their distinct charm! The Gola reeds are among the most responsive I have ever played. The accordion plays without any effort and allows you command of its entire dynamic range.
The original owner claims to have purchased the accordion new in the 1970s. However, based on its design I think it must have been built in the late 1950s. The serial number on the back of the accordion is 55225. The build number on all reed blocks and various parts of the accordion body is 118. The accordion was completely serviced at the Hohner factory in 2013 including all new hardware, rewaxing of the reeds, new reed valves, and buffing. The instrument looks like new but does produce the mature rich tone you would expect from the best Gola. All reed are original and only factory tuned on the inner side of the reed tongues. The reeds are absolutely pristine. Here i a video demo courtesy of Dallas Vietty, recorded at Libert Bellows in Philadelphia in 2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEwIdwPa_wc The Limex Pro 4 electronics (Option 2 with micro-controller) was installed in 2015 by John's Accordion Service in Canada. The owner didn't want the display installed in order to keep the grill intact - see pictures and comments below. There is a very elegant controller mounted on the top side of the grill. Many special functions can be accessed with the Reset switch (located under the air valve) and the treble keys. Manuals for the MIDI and microphones are included.
Attach the JPEG images of the accordion to your e-mail with a description of the instrument and serial number. A Hohner representative will respond with the model number. A fee of five euros is required for this service. Use an online resource such as the 'Accordion to Andy' section of the PBase website. Most accordions will have multiple reeds playing for each note akin to organs that have multiple stops to regulate octave and tremolo combinations. Accordion register switches will designate various combinations of the reeds to create a variety of sounds and the most common ones are listed below: L = Low = 16' organ pipe M = Middle = 8' organ pipe. The last 3 accordions I’ve been repairing for The Accordion Shop have been Hohner 120 Bass piano boxes – all from a similar era but rather different inside. I thought I would do a quick blog with some pictures and a video to compare them. They are a Hohner Atlantic IV De Luxe with a wooden body, a Hohner Atlantic IV Musette with a metal body and a Hohner Organola IV P with a wooden body. The serial number is needed to determine the manufacture date. Need to find out the manufacture date of your Browning A5 serial? Go to Browning's site, Support, Date Your Shotgun. A thorough understanding of how our machines work and how they are used will enable you to benefit even more from your investment. M45/6 - Serial: M - M - Manual DE. #Narrow Stitching Heads #M45/6 #German #Manual #M45/6 - Serial: M - M. M45/6 - Serial: M - M - Manual EN.
Hand-made reeds with genuine leather valves
4/6 sets of reeds
L-M1-M2-H reed configuration
Concert tuned
Double Tone Chamber (L-M1)
11 treble switches: Bassoon (L), Accordion (LMM), Harmonium (LM1H), Melodeon (LM1), Organ (LH), Master (LMMH), Oboe (M1), Musette (MMH), Violin (MM), Clarinet (M1H), and Piccolo (H)
Palm Master (LMMH)
19.25' keyboard, ivory-finished key caps molded around the walnut keys - only available on the Gola, some early Morino models, and the 1950-60's Scandalli Super VI
120 pearl bass buttons with smooth silent action
7 bass switches
Clean air-tight bellows
Gold plated metal parts
New original Gola bellows
New bellows protector
New straps
Latest full MIDI and microphones from Limex
The following (optional) MIDI modules/arranges are available for purchase with this accordion
Ketron XD3like new, custom made travel case or gig bag included
SoltonMS40 MIDI module (optional Balkan rhythms/styles 7/8, 9/8, 11/8 etc.)
Call me at 973-770-6877 with any accordion related questions. I believe I can help.
Since 1857, HOHNER produces musical instruments like harmonicas, accordions, melodicas, recorders, guitars and ukuleles of the highest quality.
The founder of the Hohner company is Matthias Hohner (1833 – 1902).
The German Harmonica and Accordion Museum in Trossingen, which houses the famous HOHNER collection, is simply unique and tells the HOHNER history like no one else. More than twenty five thousand different harmonicas and accordions, lovingly preserved by curator Martin Häffner, make up the largest single collection in the world. But the museum doesn‘t only exhibit musical instruments, it also shows rare films, recordings, sales displays, advertising posters, and much more. The exciting story of Matthias HOHNER, his rise to fortune and the assimilation of his numerous competitors is all documented in the main museum building. Special exhibitions are shown on the new premises a short distance away in Bau V, a huge former factory building on the original HOHNER factory site.
Dates and facts:
1857: HOHNER started the manufacturing of harmonicas;
1867: HOHNER starts exporting harmonicas to the USA – by the end of the 19th century the export quota exceeds 80%.
1900: Matthias Hohner passes his company to his five sons: 1,000 employees manufacture four million harmonicas per year.
1901: Hans Hohner founds the HOHNER US Department in New York. 1903: the first HOHNER Accordion is released in the US.
1920: The founder’s grandson Dr. Ernst Hohner (1886 – 1965) joins the executive board. 4.000 employees produce 20 million harmonicas per year.
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1928: Venanzio Morino comes to Trossingen and leads the accordion department to a golden age.
1931: In the middle of the century’s biggest accordion boom with hundreds of accordion orchestras, HOHNER founds the HOHNER Music Publishing House, the DHV (German Harmonica Association) and the HOHNER Conservatoire.
1956: Giovanni Gola becomes head of the accordion department and sets new standards in the high-end premium segment.
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1991: Opening of the German Harmonica Museum in Trossingen.