Trouble is they meant different things at different times. III usually, if not always, means 3 voice. 'M' does mean musette, but not necessarily 3 voice musette ie not MMM, LMM is the Hohner norm, but M versions usually mean they are a little bit wetter than the normal LMM tremolo in a bare III. I & II usually have less buttons & keys than the III version of the same model. II usually have 3 voice, sometimes 2 according to list, but II Ms 3 for sure, but 'I' has 2 voice. IV is 4 voice. Verdi's have a couple of weirds (according to Emilio) where the Swiss made Verdi IVN (LMMM on the registers) is the same tone as the Swiss made Verdi Musette (called Musette, not just M) And a Verdi V does NOT have 5 voice in the treble (but a Morino V does.).

And a Verdi VI exists but still has 4 voices. One of the Morino models is tuned Scottish musette, but is Morino IV 'S'. I've seen this argued argued over, and exceptions sited, but I've seen it in Hohners own printed promotional material, and S is/should be wetter than a modern Morino 'M'. The last letter in some models seems to indicate a chronologically different design date. T follows S follows N but in some models 'T' indicates a keyboard (Tastateur(?)) design technical change, as well as well as chronological facelift, again seen on Hohner material. There you go - that's the bones.

How to Find the Model of a Hohner Accordion. Hohner has been manufacturing accordions for over 100 years. The accordion, which. It was made in Germany and the handcarved serial number is 1032. Hohner is still making new button accordions, and they are still a popular brand. They have a reputation as. My oldest button accordion is a Hohner Corona II in G-C-F from about 1950, and to my ears it has a really sweet sound.

Probably this question has been answered before but I'm not sure. SOMEWHERE out there is a list of Hohner makes and models and their make-up but I don't know where it is.

I have a Hohner Tango IIM which has 96 bass buttons and 3 sets of treble reeds (LMM) so it is musette. My guess is that the 'M' means musette. But there is also a Hohner Tango IIB and I wonder what the 'B' means.

Wouldn't surprise me a bit if someone answers but they might also tell us that the question has already been answered. Hey Soulsaver! You answered this while I was still typing! Yes Jim; A really good question on accordion makes, models, and serial #'s. The plain fact that is, in the past century of accordion production, box makers sometimes create a code for a run of accordion's. There are many factors for this and sometimes it's what the dealer's want from the maker?

- What the firm has left in stock, and makes a model with a?? Hohner always has been very vague on model #'s. On this side of the pond with American made and Italian made accordions I'm pretty sharp with giving you maker, date and quality with pic's.

Find My Font Software Crack. As for German makes and models, although I have repaired many, they only consist of 10% percent of accordion's found here. For more accurate info on German makes I would refer my??'

S to our members on the other side of the pond such as Ed (Soulsaver) as German makes are more predominant there. The list that was mentioned can be found in a number of places, for instance: ' onclick='window.open(this.href);return false; There numbers can be confusing. For instance a Verdi II is a 96-bass 4-reed instrument 16-8-8-4 and a Verdi V is a 120-bass 4-reed instrument 16-8-8-8. Sometimes a letter is used to indicate whether it is a 'musette' or not, but for instruments like the Morino it is a production series. The oldest Morino's are the D series.

Later they were improved (mostly mechanically better) into the M series. The M series are still the most sought after. If you would like a Morino and you can find the one you like in the M series you should not hesitate for one second because then you will be one second too late to snatch it. Later the Morino production was moved to the Excelsior factory in Italy where the N series was produced. This is still a very popular series. Most of the N series instruments use Bugari reeds.

Later they produced the S series which has some smaller mechanical improvements but which unfortunately abandoned Bugari reeds in favor of Cagnoni reeds. If the N or S has been lost, the cover on the right-hand side of the N is kept on with two levers that slide and on the S it is with bolts (one on each side) like on most modern accordions. Around 2000 Excelsior was taken over by Pigini and if you now want a 'real' Morino that is not D or M you should make sure you get one with the rounded white switches/registers (N or S) and not with the modern black switches (Pigini). You should also check for sticky keys on a Morino N because of a production fault in some of them (wrong glue used). There is a lot of info on the Morino's on ' onclick='window.open(this.href);return false. So the numbers and letters are much more complex than meaning something like tango or musette.

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