HOHNER ACCORDION FOR SALE FULL SIZE
HOHNER ACCORDION FOR SALE FULL

This world class accordion featured a truly outstanding sound, which is in part down to the exceptional quality of the hand crafted reed plates, each of which which were individually selected from the town of Castalfidardo in Italy by Gola himself. By 1956, Giovanni had refined his design to a level where he felt comfortable to realise a brand new model combining all the best features of his previous accordions into one instrument. This design was further enhanced, and in 1954, the characteristic “Gola grill” was added for the first time. Like many of the instruments that he had previously produced for Dallape, it was designed primarily for classical music and featured an incredibly rich and mellow tone. In 1953, shortly after starting work in the famous Morino workshop, Gola produced his first accordion for Hohner. A contract of employment was signed, culminating with Gola moving, along with his family, to Germany in September of that year. The thee men met in the town of Lugano, and in June of 1952, Gola accepted Hohner’s invitation to visit Trossingen. The well known Swiss accordionist, Albert Achermann, put Ernst in touch with his good friend Giovanni Gola. Meanwhile, back in in Trossingen, The current Hohner head of design, fellow Italian Venanzio Morino, was approaching retirement age, forcing Ernst Hohner to begin looking for a replacement. It was at this point that be began to build several one off accordions, including a six voice instrument with seven sets of reeds in the bass and a basso pedal, which was specially commissioned for the Pope. He was soon promoted to the design department, and eventually became responsible for all the technical aspects of accordion production.

HOHNER ACCORDION FOR SALE FULL

The proprietor, Mariano Dallape, soon recognized the talent and musical ability of the young Gola, and paid for him to have accordion and flute lessons, which led to him playing in the town band, and later, studying at the Piacenza music school.Īfter serving his apprenticeship, Gola began full time employment at Dallape as an accordion tuner. The Hohner Gola was originally conceived in 1952 by the world famous accordion designer, Giovanni Gola, with the first models leaving the Hohner production line in 1956.īorn in 1907 in the small Italian town of Stradella, Giovanni Gola started his accordion building career as an apprentice at the highly respected Dallape factory, where his mother had worked for many years.

This stunning accordion has just undergone a full internal and external restoration in our workshop, (including a full refurbish of the gold plating) which was lovingly and painstakingly undertaken by a former Hohner workshop manager using only original Hohner parts. This world class accordion also boasts some of the finest hand made reeds ever produced, as well as a double cassotto chamber, which together help to create a unique rich sound, which somehow manages to be both bright and powerful and warm and mellow at the same time.

HOHNER ACCORDION FOR SALE FULL SIZE

The Hohner Gola is a full size accordion with 120 bass buttons and 41 treble keys, and features an extremely straight four voice double octave tuning, making it ideal for the classical and jazz styles of playing. This sought after, top quality accordion is widely regarded to be one of the finest accordions ever produced, and nowadays costs in excess of £31,000 to buy new.

Here at The Accordion Shop, we are pleased to announce that we have just taken a classic Hohner Gola 120 bass accordion into stock.

£12500 £ Sorry, this accordion has now been sold

Hohner accordion for sale