Chromatic Button Accordions

SOLD Excelsior Model 606 C System / 3/4 reeds LMM / 7/2 shifts / 16 inches high / 20 lbs /96 bass/ $1,850

10/26/2023 by Nathan Longo

Like-new condition.

As I’ve said before, I don’t play button accordions, but this one sounds like a standard Excelsior top quality instrument. Typical beautiful sweet Italian musette. Wish I knew how to play it!

Comes with a hard case and 1 year warranty.

SOLD Excelsior 5 Row Chromatic Button Accordion, C System / 72 bass / 2/4 reeds MM / 14 inches high / 15.5 lbs / $1,450

10/26/2023 by Nathan Longo

Like-new condition.

Wish I did but I don’t play button accordions. This one has a larger range than a standard 120 bass accordion, starting with low E3 and going up to the high C#7.

It has a beautiful Italian musette sound to it and a very quiet keyboard . Regesters are musette or clarinet.

Comes with a soft backpack case and 1 year warranty.

"Nathan Longo of Montpelier, VT repaired my 1899 Wilhelm Dolling, Klingenthal DE Bandonion!

After inheriting this magnificent antique instrument from a dear musician friend, I began a long and slow journey of looking for who I could trust its repairs to. Some very knowledgeable and thoughtful repair professionals declined, correctly saying they focused on concertinas. Others found the bandonion outside their range as they focused on accordions.

Finding Nathan was a joy. My friend in New Orleans encouraged me to reach out to Nathan, and I found a really thoughtful and professional repair person, willing to investigate and learn gently, before undertaking the repair work. The bandonion is unlike either the accordeon or the family of concertinas. The buttons are arranged in a haphazard manner and the mechanism is dissimilar to either related family members of the free reed instruments.

The result is that I am now able to PLAY my 1899 Bandonion. Nathan was able to figure out the fingering and the action, to the point that my old instrument is enjoyable both to myself and to those that hear it.

Nathan patched up leaks, retuned some reeds, and corrected past mistakes effected by previous ill fated attempts by others. He was very thoughtful and heard all of my concerns with the care of a person open mindedly figureing out a puzzle. I am very satisfied with his work."

SOLD Excelsior Model 606 C System / 3/4 reeds LMM / 7/2 shifts / 16 inches high / 20 lbs /96 bass/ $1,850

SOLD Excelsior 5 Row Chromatic Button Accordion, C System / 72 bass / 2/4 reeds MM / 14 inches high / 15.5 lbs / $1,450

Hugo Martinez Cazón of Burlington, VT:

Hanna Howard of Burlington, VT – Accordionist:

David Symons of New Orleans, LA – Professional Accordionist, Composer, Actor:

Elena Frimerman of Piermont, NH: