| |  The Galanti keyboard. Photo by Max Cossio |
A folk tune from Sweden performed upon the vintage Galanti accordion. Musical notation marked "liedmassig" or "slowly." The sheet music is from Volume One of "Das Grosse Akkordeon-Buch" (Le Grand Album pour l' Accordeon), published by Edition Melodie, Anton Peterer Music & Books, Zurich, Switzerland. All of the selections in this 4 volume series have been collected and arranged by Herwig Peychaer. This particular Galanti is a tone-chambered instrument with 4/5 reeds in LMMH configuration. It is a Super Dominator from the late 40's or early 50's. The bassoon reeds are in the single tone chamber.
The Galanti Super Dominator is from the Golden Age of accordion manufacturing and features marvelous tonal qualities. There is a unique rounding to the shape of the accordion body, allowing for a neat fit between player and instrument. The reeds are handmade, considered to be some of the finest available in production (late 1940's and early 1950's). The overall construction quality is superb with wonderful components utilized throughout interior and exterior design. It is a pleasure to play this instrument. When I first received this accordion, I played for 5 hours straight just to hear the rich-sounding textures and voices displayed in each octave. Following are some photographs and ads regarding the Galanti.
The Galanti Super Dominator is from the Golden Age of accordion manufacturing and features marvelous tonal qualities. There is a unique rounding to the shape of the accordion body, allowing for a neat fit between player and instrument. The reeds are handmade, considered to be some of the finest available in production (late 1940's and early 1950's). The overall construction quality is superb with wonderful components utilized throughout interior and exterior design. It is a pleasure to play this instrument. When I first received this accordion, I played for 5 hours straight just to hear the rich-sounding textures and voices displayed in each octave. Following are some photographs and ads regarding the Galanti.
The beautiful lines of the vintage Galanti accordion. Photo by Max Cossio.
The black/ white/ silver design of the Galanti is quite striking overall, almost like an Art Deco object. Photo by Max Cossio
Interior of the Galanti accordion showing the bass and treble reeds. The bassoon reeds are in the tone-chamber. Photo by Max Cossio.
 An ad for the 1950 Galanti Super Dominator. From Flickr photo-sharing site. |  An ad for the 1948 Galanti Super Dominator. From Flickr user Al Q. |
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