GIULIETTI F 4 TRANSFORMER ACCORDION/ACCORDIAN EXCELLENT CONDITION, CAN BE AMPLIFIED Start Price USD 2,299.00 Current Price USD 2,299.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 01, 2008 End Time Friday, July 11, 2008 Location don mills, ON See more about 'GIULIETTI F 4 TRANSFORMER ACCORDION/ACCORDIAN' Description SPECIFICATIONS: GIULIETTI  F 4 TRANSFORMER ACCORDION, LMMH, 126 BASS, 11 TREBLE REGISTERS, 7 BASS REGISTERS, 4 STRADELLA, 3 CHROMATIC(?),  THERE IS AMP JACK AND 2 SETS OF VOLUME/TONE CONTROLS, 19 1/4 INCH KEYBOARD, IT WEIGHS 24 1/2 LBS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     WHAT COULD BE BETTER:   NO SHOULDER STRAPS, I AM NOT SURE THE CASE IS ORIGINAL, FITS PERFECT BUT THERE WAS NO GIULIETTI LABEL INSIDE; IT IS SOLID, THERE ARE 2 SMALL DINGS ON THE BACK, NOT THROUGH TO THE WOOD, NOT THAT NOTICEABLE; THERE ARE SOME LIGHT SCRATCHES, 1 BELLOWS MESH SNAP HAS TWISTED AND SHOULD BE REPLACED, IT SCUFFED THE BELLOWS ABOUT 1/4 INCH. ALL THE BASS BUTTONS PLAY PROPERLY AND ALL THE PIANO KEYS, BUT THERE ARE A FEW VERY HIGH PICCOLO AND CLARINET NOTES THAT DON'T PLAY; I HAVE "PLUCKED" A FEW AND THEN THEY WORKED FINE. IT WAS NOT PLAYED VERY MUCH, BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED WITH GREATER CARE.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    WHAT'S GOOD:   IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL SOUND, AND IS AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INSTRUMENT, IT CAN BE PLAYED SOFTER THAN ANY ACCORDION I HAVE COME ACROSS,  THE TUNING IS 100% ON THE TREBLE AND SIDE, I COULD NOT FIND ONE NOTE EVEN SLIGHTLY OUT OF TUNE. ON THE BASS SIDE,  I CAN HEAR A 2 OR 3 OF NOTES SLIGHTLY FLAT, ON I SET OF REEDS; YOU HAVE TO LISTEN CLOSELY. THE BELLOWS ARE TIGHT AND SHOW NO WEAR AT ALL, THE LEATHERS ARE  LIKE NEW AND TOTALLY FLAT,  THE KEYBOARD IS PERFECTLY LEVEL                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   I HAVE SHIPPED ACCORDIONS TO JAPAN, ISRAEL, SWEDEN, AND MORE WITH 100% SUCCESS. I ISOLATE THE BASS BUTTONS, BUBBLE WRAP THE ACCORDION IN THE CASE AND LAY THE CASE HORIZONTALLY  IN A DOUBLE WALL CARDBOARD BOX TO DISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT MORE EVENLY.  UPS HAS INSURANCE FOR $1.50.PER $100. WHERE THEY INSPECT AND APPROVE THE PACKING, FOR 100%, GUARANTEED, COVERAGE FOR ANY LOSS OR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST DAMAGE. YOU CAN HEAR IT AT 416 4446572. THANKS, KEN Place a Bid!