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Scandalli is one of the most famous Italian brands of genuine accordions. The company is specifically well-known for its button and piano accordions that feature amazing designs, with a great quality sound.
As its story suggest, the Scandalli company saw its light in 1900’s when Silvio Scandalli started to produce
accordions with the help of his family. The small company was created between 1915 and 1921, out of a small workshop, and it was in 1941 that the company employed more than 700 workers to produce genuine accordions. The Scandalli accordions became famous in the United States after the end of the Second World War. Since then, their factory was among the most famous and prestigious accordion factories in the world. From then on, the Scandalli accordion brand became synonymous with quality as well as a bench mark for other musical instruments.
The Scandalli Super VI is the first widely acclaimed Scandalli accordion model. According to confirmed resources, this accordion model was created in the early 1950’s. That time, Silvio Scandalli commences an ambitious project by using the company’s finest technicians, and that the Super VI was eventually produced. This model has long been considered as the instrument with unparalleled quality which in a short span of time becomes the dream of all great accordion players. The Scandalli Super VI remained unsurpassed even up to these days, and a number of accordionists considered it as an instrument born from the passion of an innovative artisan.
The Scandalli Accordions company is now a company well-known for its great piano and button accordions. In 1984, it has merged with Paolo Soprani, the oldest factory accordion in the world, under the new ownership. In 2003, another name is added with the merger of SEM. The Scandalli Accordions now, with the joint forces of Paolo Soprani and SEM, produces and covers a wide range of accordion family. Their accordion collection ranges from the smallest diatonic to the free bass instruments of today.
The Scandalli accordions brand is now an icon for many because its enduring popularity. Its great reputation was even intensified with the distinguished history of prestige, innovation, and quality that Scandalli has long been maintaining. Just like the other accordion producers, Scandalli firmly holds its own goal, which remains the same as it always was, that is, to provide accordions and other musical instruments with the highest standard and uncompromising quality.
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