Celiene, 4 years ago Use all four pictures. No one can tell anything by that photo. OregonScott, 4 years ago Will take more pictures tomorrow.
Recently, thanks to Chris Moranof The Erin Breeze I became the proudowner of an 'older' Paolo Soprani box. It was definitely built before 1960, andexperts have dated it as early as 1955, which would make it one of the firstbatch of red Soprani boxes.
Since I already owned one of the last real Paolo Soprani boxes (Note:the Paolo Soprani company folded around 1983, and though the brand nameresurfaced in the early 1990s the boxes sold under that name by then were madeby another well-known accordion manufacturer, Dino Baffetti. These boxes weren'tquite a good as the originals, and since the wet tuning had gone out of fashionanyway these 'new' Paolo Soprani boxes never sold well. The brand name hassince been handed on, and the boxes currently sold under the name have hardlyanything - except for the color - in common with the great boxes of the past.),bought a few years ago from the House ofMusical Traditions which I was told dates from 1982, I though it might beinteresting to compare the two.
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For starters here are the two side by side - the evolution of the big red PaoloSoprani box:
Paolo Soprani, made around 1955, tuned B/C
The older Paolo Soprani is tuned as most of these boxes are, in B/C. It has4 voices, 3 reeds in the middle octave tuned slightly apart for that old, 'wet'sound, and a reed one octave below those, which can be switched on or off bya quick press on one of the 2 couplers. This box still has a wooden soundboard,which gives it a warm, pleasant sound. Which doesn't mean it isn't loud - it isstill loud enough to be used for dances outdoors. The action is very smooth (atouch of thin oil worked miracles !) and the buttons are set really low into thekeyboard, allowing you to almost 'slide' on or off a button without having tolift your fingers - you can play this box fast once you're used to it.
Paolo Soprani, made around 1982, tuned C#/D
The newer Paolo is tuned in C#/D, a tuning that's a lot less common inthe red Paolo Soprani boxes, though there are a few older grey or greenishboxes in this tuning out there (somewhere - there are pretty rare at all, really).It's setup is much the same as the old box, 3 middle octave reeds for the wetsound (BTW it's wetter than the old one) and a low reed controlled by thepair of couplers. The construction of the couplers however is totally different,much more like a modern piano accordion, and unfortunately it does add abit of weight to the box - switching has become easier though, as you needmuch less force with this system.
The keyboard action of this one is different. Not only are the spring stiffer(possibly because it hasn't been played as much as the older one) but alsothe button rise much further through the keyboard, and can travel quite far,which tends to slow you down. https://downcfil497.weebly.com/mavis-beacon-keyboarding-kidz-mac-download.html. In all other respects the mechanism is thesame as in the older one. https://rfcg.over-blog.com/2020/10/d4bf-engine-manual.html. However, it's enough to make this a not-so-greatbox.
It is certainly as loud, but shriller than the old Paolo. This is due not onlyto the higher tuning, but also to the metal soundboard this one has - afeature that many boxplayers really dislike.
And another 'feature' that players dislike about the newer model is it'sweight - it's at least a kilo heavier !
The keyboard action of this one is different. Not only are the spring stiffer(possibly because it hasn't been played as much as the older one) but alsothe button rise much further through the keyboard, and can travel quite far,which tends to slow you down. https://downcfil497.weebly.com/mavis-beacon-keyboarding-kidz-mac-download.html. In all other respects the mechanism is thesame as in the older one. https://rfcg.over-blog.com/2020/10/d4bf-engine-manual.html. However, it's enough to make this a not-so-greatbox.
It is certainly as loud, but shriller than the old Paolo. This is due not onlyto the higher tuning, but also to the metal soundboard this one has - afeature that many boxplayers really dislike.
And another 'feature' that players dislike about the newer model is it'sweight - it's at least a kilo heavier !
Enter the 3-voice
Wings xp embroidery software full free download. Quite rare they are - but I was lucky enough to locate one recently: a mid-1950s3-voice Paolo Soprani in D/D#.
It looks very similar to the above 4-voice B/C, as it was indeed manufactured aroundthe same time (or possibly slightly earlier). The main differences are the lack ofcoupler buttons (3-voice musette's your only option), and the depth (front to back)of the instrument. There are also a few less lots in the curved part of the grille(right in front of the logo) but that's more than compensated by the extra slots inthe area where the 4-voice has the couplers. Oh, and yes, it IS a fair bit lighter than the 4-voice !
Comparing logos
Cod4 2012 mod menu for mac. You can even see the evolution in the logo on the two boxes. Even thoughit's still the same 'man with accordion', just slightly re-styled, the logo hasless stars around him (6 in the old, only 2 in the new) and it also no longer hasthat 'night sky blue' which makes the presence of stars a bit pointless anyway.Also the outline of the logo has changed: it's still a shield but of a totallydifferent shape. The crown at the top of the old logo is also missing - the new logohas some curly gold ornament at the bottom. Oh well, see for yourself:
Logo on the old (1955) Paolo Soprani | Logo on the new (1982) Paolo Soprani |
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