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Established in New York in 1924, the Excelsior Company has long been serving the market with some of the great accordions. In 1948, the company considered expansion of their production and since then, excellent sound, quality and fine look of the Excelsior accordions have been appreciated all over the world. In fact, it was noted in one of the resources that the greatest popularity of Excelsior accordions was reached after the Second World War as they became a “must” for any big orchestra with Charles Magnante and Art Van Damme as a few among the many well-known accordionists who prefer Excelsior.
All of the professional models of Excelsior accordions, as commonly claimed, are very prestigious instruments. The selection ranges from the top-quality 960 (922 in button), highlighting tone chamber or cassoto and five sets of reeds that appear both in bass and treble, to the lighter 911 with 610 in button that is recommended to folk and modern music players. Other than that, there was the glorious AC, popularly known as “Continental”, which has long been deemed as one of the best accordions ever made in all times. Specifically, this model boasts its hand made sets of reeds in treble and six in tone chamber, bass, and lightest keyboard. It is these features which set the Excelsior Continental the most appreciated by classic and jazz music lovers.
On the semi-professional side of Excelsior accordions, it is worth noting that all of the Excelsior accordions under this category are designed and crafted in accordance with the same quality standards applied to professional accordion manufacturing. It also covers a wide range of models which generally offered matches to any need that the forthcoming students or experienced amateur may have.
Only recently, Excelsior proudly introduced their new Conservatory series that is composed of 6 new mid priced convertor accordions. This particular series of Excelsior accordion was actually produced after many years of cooperation with professionals and teachers as well as by using only the quality materials and skilled craftsmen. This series is now popular for its superb tonal quality and elegance that are coupled with its reasonable price.
The Excelsior accordion company today goes ahead in its tradition of quality and prestige, but all of their products are still crafted with high quality materials and in accordance to the best traditional craftsmanship approaches as well. As we are aware, to own an Excelsior accordion these days is like owning a prestigious instrument and following the path of the best accordion players of the past and present.
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