Thank you for your support throughout the years. Trusting me with the service of your accordion(s) or buying a new or serviced instrument from me allows me to do what I love. I have a passion for accordion music and for restoring as many of these fascinating instruments as I can. Thank you for allowing me to share this passion with you. I consider all of you fellow musicians fist and then customers. With many of you we've become friends over many years of collaboration. I truly appreciate your nice letters and feedback. I am looking forward to continuing my work with you and to meeting more accordionists.
Thereare many nice instruments that can keep us satisfied and inspired. However, once you come across an exceptional quality accordion you know it from the first chord you play! We all deserve to find our ultimate accordion, the accordion we will never part with. Fortunately, we have different preferences and this makes the accordion world as exciting and colorful it is. I have found MY sacred accordion and I know how great it feels to be able to hear that dream sound each time you play. I am sure someone will soon feel the same way about the accordion I am presenting to you now.
- Jan 13, 2016 Help with Hohner Guitar identification I have no idea what the name of the model is - I can t seem to find a serial number on the boday or neck anywhere. Filterzips97 2016-01-12 23:49 Hohner Guitar Serial Numbers.
- Hohner Gola 414 Accordion built in Germany in 1962 (according to Hohner's records, Serial #245210). My father bought this brand new in 1968 and was the only owner. He took incredible care of this accordion and as a result it is in very good condition for its age.
- I've come across an old Hohner Corona II three-row button accordion in D-A-G. I'm interested in finding out more about it - where are the serial numbers placed on these instruments? I've looked on the outside and also inside the bellows area. The outside has a 'Made in Germany' stamp under the keyboard, but that's all I can find.
The serial number is needed to determine the manufacture date. Need to find out the manufacture date of your Browning A5 serial? Go to Browning's site, Support, Date Your Shotgun. If you own a vintage Hohner accordion, or are interested in buying or selling one, you’ll no doubt be interested in establishing its precise age and provenance. Since 1930, every accordion which left our factory bears a serial number and we maintain an extensive library, documenting shipping date and destination of every single instrument.
The Hohner Gola has earned the respect of many who have been fortunate to play one. Each of these rare instruments have been custom crafted to the specifications of the buyer. The company makes less than a dozen a year. The Gola remains the most expensive accordion and is believed by many to be the best. It combines the ultimate precision in mechanics with the most responsive reeds producing a magnificent tonal blend of treble and bass sounds. The harmonic richness, the warm clarinet sound, the chest-vibrating bassoon, the clear piccolo, the magic violin - all the reed combinations have their distinct charm! The Gola reeds are among the most responsive I have ever played. The accordion plays without any effort and allows you command of its entire dynamic range.
The original owner claims to have purchased the accordion new in the 1970s. However, based on its design I think it must have been built in the late 1950s. The serial number on the back of the accordion is 55225. The build number on all reed blocks and various parts of the accordion body is 118. The accordion was completely serviced at the Hohner factory in 2013 including all new hardware, rewaxing of the reeds, new reed valves, and buffing. The instrument looks like new but does produce the mature rich tone you would expect from the best Gola. All reed are original and only factory tuned on the inner side of the reed tongues. The reeds are absolutely pristine.Here i a video demo courtesy of Dallas Vietty, recorded at Libert Bellows in Philadelphia in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEwIdwPa_wc
The Limex Pro 4 electronics (Option 2 with micro-controller) was installed in 2015 by John's Accordion Service in Canada. The owner didn't want the display installed in order to keep the grill intact - see pictures and comments below. There is a very elegant controller mounted on the top side of the grill. Many special functions can be accessed with the Reset switch (located under the air valve) and the treble keys. Manuals for the MIDI and microphones are included.
Vintage Hohner Accordion Models
- Hand-made reeds with genuine leather valves
- 4/6 sets of reeds
- L-M1-M2-H reed configuration
- Concert tuned
- Double Tone Chamber (L-M1)
- 11 treble switches: Bassoon (L), Accordion (LMM), Harmonium (LM1H), Melodeon (LM1), Organ (LH), Master (LMMH), Oboe (M1), Musette (MMH), Violin (MM), Clarinet (M1H), and Piccolo (H)
- Palm Master (LMMH)
- 19.25' keyboard, ivory-finished key caps molded around the walnut keys - only available on the Gola, some early Morino models, and the 1950-60's Scandalli Super VI
- 120 pearl bass buttons with smooth silent action
- 7 bass switches
- Clean air-tight bellows
- Gold plated metal parts
- New original Gola bellows
- New bellows protector
- New straps
- Latest full MIDI and microphones from Limex
Hohner Accordion Serial Numbers Generator
- Ketron XD3like new, custom made travel case or gig bag included
- SoltonMS40 MIDI module (optional Balkan rhythms/styles 7/8, 9/8, 11/8 etc.)
The following information was kindly made available to me by Bridgitte Conrad of HohnerMusikinstrumente.(I contacted her at bconrad@hohner.de).She informed me that the company had little or no information regarding their manufacture of saxophones but she did send me an article on the subject (in German).I have been able to extract some information from the article but have insufficient knowledge of German to be able to decipher it completely, or to identify the source.So far the table of serial numbers seems to check out satisfactorily.
The results together with some other research are summarized below.Please feel free to use whatever information you need for your site.
Hohner “President”Saxophones
Hohner (1857–2007), well known for the manufacture of accordions and harmonicas, manufactured in Trossingen from 1949 to 1972 a range of Hohner “President” badged alto and tenor saxophones under the direction of Max Keilwerth (1898-1968).Other sources set the period of manufacture as 1948 to 1967; however the table below suggests that production in some form or other continued well after Max Kielwerth’s demise.
Much of the early data regarding the Keilwerth brothers Max and Julius (Julius being the elder of the two) is disjointed.Suffice it to say that apart from an indication that Max learnt his early skills within some form of local or ‘cottage’ industry, and subsequently joined at least Franz Than Graslitz/Sudetenland, F.X. HüllerGraslitzer and Amati as well as the Keilwerthcompanie/s.
It appears that Julius, his son Joseph and grandson Gerhart didn’t hold formal craftsmanship papers (Meisterbrief)as didMax.Max Kielwerth commenced at Hohner some time in the 1940’s however there are no records of the production for the factory and the information below is a compilation from various sources; the data supplied by Bridgitte Conrad being main source.
A common feature of the Hohners is the Patented ‘Double Socket’ and knurled screw for attachment of the neck.
YearSerial NumberTone HoleStamp
19491SolderedHohner
1950500SolderedHohner
19511000SolderedHohner
19521800SolderedHohner
19532600Flanged/RolledHohner
19543400Flanged/RolledHohner
19554200Flanged/RolledHohner
19565000Flanged/RolledHohner
19576000Flanged/RolledHohner
19587000Flanged/RolledHohner
19598000Flanged/RolledHohner
19609000Flanged/RolledHohner
196110000Flanged/RolledHarmonica Mannequin
196211000Flanged/RolledHarmonica Mannequin
196312000Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196413000Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196513500Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196614000Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196714500Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196814800Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
196915200Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
M Hohner Accordion Germany
197015600Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
197115800Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
197216000Straight/CutHarmonica Mannequin
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