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Piano accordion (model AM-1100)

2000
Object PlaceCastelfidardo, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, walnut, celluloid, lucite, aluminum, steel
DimensionsOverall: 47 × 42 × 23 cm (18 1/2 × 16 9/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
Credit LineErnest Kahn Fund
Accession number2019.502
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2000, sent by the maker, Zero Sette Accordion Factory, Castelfidardo, Italy, to the designer, Petosa Accordions, Lynnwood, WA [see note]; 2019, sold by Petosa Accordions to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)

NOTE: This accordion was lent to and used by the performer, Dick Contino.

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