c.1940 Salanti Piano Accordion

Cool case...

...and plush, too! Oh, right, it also comes with an old Salanti piano accordion... and lesson & songbooks -- not bad!

Been reading ol' Pietro's guidebook... mighty helpful. I was clueless about this instrument's ways and now I'm slightly less clueless.

Totally cool deco-ish look in black & white. Everything works, bellows are good, notes are nice and clear everywhere... and in tune -- what more could I ask from it? Yep, heading to my "recording instruments" stash for sure.

Grained ivoroid keys look snazzy. I'm familiar with this part of the instrument -- the bass and chord buttons are getting a little easier, though, too -- for reference: first two rows of bass bottons are single-note basses, third row is major chords, fourth is minors, fifth is sevenths, sixth is diminished. Sounds easy, huh? Yeah -- remember from touch where they are -- now that is not easy!