In 1924, the Excelsior factory was founded by Italian immigrants living in New York City. We always have a large range of new and used Excelsior piano accordions in stock, and if you can’t find the exact accordion you’re looking for then no problem, as we can simply order in any new accordion from Excelsior that is not currently in store. We are pleased to be able to offer a large range of new and used Excelsior piano accordions for sale.
This is how you will find a suitable accordion for yourself.New and Used Excelsior Piano Accordions for Sale. | Vapaalehdykkä by Viljo Mannerjoki Scroll Up The Newsletter of the San Francisco Accordion Club. Internet Archives, with different keywords, such as and (). Italian accordion manufacturers 1850–2003 list. Excelsior’s other brand names are Excelsiola and Accordiana.ĭisclaimer: The years may contain inaccuracies, especially for the 21st century. However, it was not until 2006 that Cemex’s website became produced by Pigini. The name of the company was changed to Excelsior s.r.l. In 2003, Exelsior became a brand owned by Pigini. located on 43 West 16th Street in New York.īetween 19, the Exelsior brand name was produced by CEMEX, which stands for Compagnia Elettro Musicale Excelsior s.r.l. Natale Giufridda made bass mechanisms.Īrchimedo Pancotti founded Acme Accordions Co. At Pancordion and Excelsior worked among others John and Angelo Magnante (brothers Charles Magnante) and Natale Giufridda (brother of Pietro Frossini). Roberto Pancotti had left Excelsior in the late 1940s and founded his own Pancordion Accordion Company. Mario took care of Excelsior’s business, and Edward took care of the production. After the boys had grown up enough, they took over the Excelsior company in the 1950s. Mario studied business and Edward studied engineering. This company was in operation until 1984.Įgisto Pancott had two sons, Mario and Edward. These instruments often display the letter E, which refers to Egisto. The company was founded by Egisto Pancotti, who had moved back to Italy. The company was called Accordiana Melodiosa Excelsior s.p.a. In order to keep the quality of the accordions high and to meet demand, the new Excelsior factory was founded in Castelfidardo, Italy, in 1946. It seems that during World War II Sundqvist made Excelsior accordions under a license. At first Sundqvist imported Excelsior accordions from the United States, but later had his own accordion factory in Stockholm called Amerikanska Dragspelscentralen, the American Accordion Center. In the 1930s and 1940s Ragner “Raggie” Sundqvist sold accordions in Sweden under the name Raggie Special. At Magnante’s suggestion, Excelsior was made with wider piano keys than usual. Americans very often put the letter A on Excelsiors to reflect the word Archimedo. The rise of the brand continued after World War II. The Excelsior brand name quickly became known in the United States, and many professionals played with it, such as Charles Magnante, Art Van Damme, and Pietro Deiro Jr. The Bugari and Butti left Galizi at the same time. The Pancotti’s founded the Excelsior Manufacture Company in 1924 in New York. In the end, the Pancotti and Bugari brothers saved enough money to start their own accordion production. The Bugari brothers made the reeds, and Butti made the bellows. Because the Galizi’s did not know how accordions were made, they hired the Pancotti brothers to make the bodies and mechanisms of the accordions. They had set up a business only so they could make money laundering. The Galizi weren’t really accordion builders, they were smugglers. Upon arriving in the United States, they did not immediately have the possibility of making their own accordions, so they ended up making accordions with E. The Bugari’s were also cousins of the Pancotti’s. All of them had learned the art of accordion construction when they were young in Italy. 
When the Pancotti brothers came from Italy to the United States, New York, they were accompanied by two Bugari brothers who were reed makers. The factory was called the Excelsior Manufacturing Company.
The Excelsior accordion factory was founded in 1924 by the Brothers Archimedo, Egisto, and Roberto Pancotti in New York.
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