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120 Bass Dallape Accordion - this accordion was likely manufactured in the 1930's.  What is remarkable about this accordion is that it is not simply a beautiful antique destined only for display in a collector's showcase.  Instead the accordion is meant to be played and  it plays well.  The accordion has a dazzling look with rhinestones and inlay all around the accordion.  The accordion has a clean, almost new, appearance inside and outside.  Check the photos (taken in July 2006) which are provided below to gain an appreciation of this impressive instrument.  Imagine the attention that the accordion draws to the player of this instrument.  This accordion, at 18 pounds,  makes a wonderful instrument for the "strolling" musician.  The instrument is tuned to produce a "medium wet" musette sound (see tuning, below). 

Recently (July 2006) some songs were recorded using this accordion.  The songs are provided in mp3 and wma format to listen to or to download.  The sound of the songs recorded is very similar to the sound of the songs recorded for the 140 Bass Dallape Accordion listed under "Interesting accordions".  However the recordings were indeed recorded separately for each instrument.

Some information about the accordion:

Weight: 18 pounds
Keyboard Length across the 41 keys: 18 3/8 inches
Keyboard alignment is uniform (see photos)
Bellows provide firm compression
No musty odor

Full 41 key treble keyboard
120 button stradella bass

Three Sets of Treble Reeds consisting of one LOW (L) and Three MIDDLE (M)
                 with two tone selections: LMM and MM
                                           Tuning    M1: Reference 
                                                            M2:  - 7 Cents (approx.)
                                                              L :   0  Cents (approx.)
                                                           
Five Sets of Bass Reeds - One Selection with all five sets of reeds active.

Original Carrying Case is in excellent condition - The functional styling of the case eases the carrying of the accordion.

Click on a thumbnail photo to enlarge the photo

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Listen to the music  - recorded on this Dallape 120 bass accordion in July 2006
Song Title Play/ Download Format
El Sena mp3 (1.5 MB) wma (0.8 MB)
Flight of Angels mp3 (0.4 MB) wma (0.2 MB)
French Tune mp3 (0.8 MB) wma (0.4 MB)
Besame Mucho mp3 (1.8 MB) wma (0.9 MB)
I Left My Heart in S.F. mp3 (1.1 MB) wma (0.6 MB)
To Play: Double (left) Click on mp3 or wma
To Download: right click on mp3 or wma, then select "Save Target As"
Note that if your computer can play wma files, they load more quickly than the mp3 files.
If you have a Dial-up Modem, a 0.5 MB file will require to 2 to 3 minutes to load.