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ProfessorGAC

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12. Could Be Worth Something

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:17 PM

Oct 23

But, accordions are a tough sell, unless they are pristine.
I inherited one from my father-in-law and got one from a guitar student who inherited it from his grandfather.
Both name brands, both in pretty good shape, but...
They both had a degree of "reed rot".
On one of them, it affected 4 or 5 buttons & the other 2 bass notes and 2 keys on the manual.
If they were in full working order, they'd have been worth over a grand a piece.
With the reed rot, they were worth nothing!
A reed set, installed, was $600-700 per instrument.
I tried for a year & a half to sell them on several different platforms. I got down to a hundred buck on one & $75 on the other. No takers.
I needed the space for guitar cases and a couple spare amps so I just had to junk them.

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Blast from the past! Found an old accordian as we pack to move. [View all] CTyankee Oct 23 OP

I tried to sell one in the 1990s Easterncedar Oct 23 #1

Thanks. Fifty bucks is more than we paid for it! And, honestly, this thing is so ugly it hurts my eyes. CTyankee Oct 23 #3

Do you play? 3catwoman3 Oct 23 #2

It was the property of my husband's family from Wisconsin. He is of German descent. I can see how Germain-Americans can CTyankee Oct 23 #4

I have my father's lederhosen Easterncedar Oct 23 #5

I thought i was "Liederhosen". CTyankee Oct 23 #7

Liederhosen would be pants for singing (which would be cute!) Easterncedar Oct 23 #8

I shudda known. Lieder is a song (or maybe just Lied). I don't know German. CTyankee Oct 23 #9

I studied Latin from middle school to grad school Easterncedar Oct 23 #10

Hubby never had to learn Latin as I did. He hates when I use my Latin to figure words out so I am careful not to flaunt CTyankee Oct 23 #11

My mother-in-law as a young mother got the accordion to play around with her kids Easterncedar Oct 23 #6

Could Be Worth Something ProfessorGAC Oct 23 #12

Thanks for the info. I might just leave it behind and let the movers trash it. UNLESS... CTyankee Oct 23 #13

I Get It ProfessorGAC Oct 23 #14

Slightly off-topic...take photos of the "hard to let go of stuff" Lars39 Oct 23 #15